Chinese Character 億 Meanings and components.

Form

億

Meaning

億 meaning[3] in English

100 Million.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 億 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and Italy (意)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OYTP

How to write 億

To write億yi4100 million you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 意yi4Italy arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 意 = 億

億 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 億 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 億, looks as follow:

億
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 100 Million
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
意
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Italy . Italian . Abbr. For 意大利[Yi4 Da4 Li4]
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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