JLPT N3 · Numbers & math

億

おく

hundred million

Stroke order of 億

億 is written with 15 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A person 亻 who has 意 intent for huge sums thinks of a hundred million.

Parts: 亻 person + 意 mind

Example sentence

人口は一億人です。

じんこうはいちおくにんです。

The population is one hundred million people.

More words: Numbers & math

足し算addition 引き算subtraction 掛け算multiplication 割り算division 偶数even number 奇数odd number 小数decimal 分数fraction 計算calculation 数えるto count 割るto divide; to break 約about; approximately 以下or less; below 未満less than

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