億 (jik1 | yi4) : a hundred million

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億

jik1

yi4

a hundred million

100,000,000 = 0.1 billion

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

億 / 亿

This word has been viewed 9333 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jul 2011 10:36

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十億 sap6 jik1 shi2 yi4 = billion (US); milliard (UK)

四百億 sei3 baak3 jik1 si4 bai3 yi4 = 40 billion

億萬富翁 jik1 maan6 fu3 jung1 = billionaire

億萬 jik1 maan6 yi4 wan4 = millions and millions

一億 jat1 jik1 yi1 yi4 = 100 million (100,000,000)

幾十億 gei2 sap6 jik1 ji3 shi2 yi4 = several billion

十多億 sap6 do1 jik1 shi2 duo1 yi4 = over one billion; more than a billion

億億聲 jik1 jik1 seng1 yi4 yi4 sheng1 = in the tens of millions 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 億
Unicode code for this character: U+5104 (off-site link)

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