億 (yì)

100 million

How 億 is written

Strokes
15
Radical
亻 — human
Traditional
億
Simplified
亿

Components

Common words using 億

億萬 yìwàn
millions and millions
千億 qiānyì
myriads; hundred billion
十億 shíyì
one billion; giga-
十多億 shíduōyì
over one billion; more than a billion
幾十億 jǐshíyì
several billion
數以億計 shùyǐyìjì
countless; innumerable
數十億 shùshíyì
several billion

億 in a sentence

台灣的人口有兩千三百多萬。

Táiwān de rénkǒu yǒu liǎngqiān sānbǎi duō wàn.

“Taiwan's population is over 23 million. (Note: 'Yi' is used for 100 million, e.g., 全球人口七十億 - Global population 7 billion).”

How common is 億?

億 is the 1,055th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90% of all running text.

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