Learn 億 through budgets, populations and distances. Read the number together with its counter.

The idea

億 has 15 strokes and is read おく. 一億 is 100,000,000; Japanese groups large numbers by ten thousand, so 一億 is 一万 times 一万. Follow the linked stroke diagram.

Patterns to compare
NumberReadingValue
一億いちおく100,000,000
二億におく200,000,000
一億五千万いちおくごせんまん150,000,000

Examples

  • 一億円いちおくえんの予算よさんを立たてました。We drew up a budget of 100 million yen.
  • 人口じんこうは約やく二億人におくにんです。The population is about 200 million.
  • この映画えいがは三億円さんおくえんを稼かせぎました。This film earned 300 million yen.
  • 星ほしまでの距離きょりは四億よんおくキロです。The distance to the star is 400 million kilometres.
  • 一億いちおくは一万いちまんの一万倍いちまんばいです。One hundred million is ten thousand times ten thousand.
  • 売上うりあげは一億五千万円いちおくごせんまんえんでした。Sales were 150 million yen.

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Watch out

億 is 100 million, not one million. 一億五千万 combines 100 million and 50 million; read the 万 group before attaching a counter.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 一億 in hiragana.

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    いちおく

    一億 is いちおく: 一 supplies the number of units and 億 is おく.

  2. Write the reading of 二億人 in hiragana.

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    におくにん

    二億人 is におくにん: 二億 is 200 million and 人 counts people.

  3. Write 150 million in Japanese numerals.

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    一億五千万

    一億五千万 is 150 million: 一億 is 100 million and 五千万 is 50 million.

Use it today

Write 億 using the stroke diagram. Cover the table, read 二億人, then express 150 million in Japanese.