Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 意 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "quiet; at rest". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (億)
Simplified (亿)
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Historical Evolution
億
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
億
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
億
Seal
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
億
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
億
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
億
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
億
Regular
Modern
Chinese
亿 / 億 [yì]
100 million
Japanese
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
億 おく
Oku surname
億 はかる
Hakaru unclassified name
億 はるか
Haruka female given name
CHINESE WORDS (11)
数十亿 [shùshíyì] #18,764
several billion
数以亿计 [shùyǐyìjì] #48,267
countless
亿万 [yìwàn] #7,689
millions and millions
十亿 [shíyì] #13,593
one billion
千亿 [qiānyì] #36,225
myriads
以亿计 [yǐyìjì]
to number in the thousands
亿万富翁 [yìwànfùwēng]
billionaire
亿万富豪 [yìwànfùháo]
multi-millionaire
十亿位元 [shíyìwèiyuán]
gigabit
十多亿 [shíduōyì]
over one billion
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JAPANESE WORDS (19)
億劫 [おっくう] #13,382
troublesome
⭐ 一億 [いちおく] #14,993
100,000,000
⭐ １００億 [ひゃくおく] #36,288
10,000,000,000
⭐ 十億 [じゅうおく] #48,647
1,000,000,000
億万長者 [おくまんちょうじゃ] #48,814
billionaire
千億 [せんおく] #77,743
100,000,000,000
億万 [おくまん] #81,393
millions and millions
⭐ 数億年 [すうおくねん] #85,329
several hundred million years
億劫がる [おっくうがる] #91,575
to show unwillingness (to do)
億兆 [おくちょう] #103,058
the people
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KOREAN WORDS (1)