亿 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “one hundred million”. It is written from 亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 乙 (second Heavenly Stem), side by side, and takes 3 strokes.
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Structure
亻 + 乙
Left–right structure
Structure from: Unicode U+4EBF and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
A person (亻) stands beside the bent stroke of 乙: picture one person counting all the way to one hundred million.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
3 strokes
In real words
- 亿元yì yuánhundred million yuan亿 = yì
- 亿万yì wànhundreds of millions; countless亿 = yì
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All readings
hundred million
one hundred million; 100,000,000
数目，一万万，即100,000,000。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 亿元yì yuánhundred million yuan亿 = yì
- 亿万yì wànhundreds of millions; countless亿 = yì
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 亿 mean?
亿 (yì) means one hundred million; 100,000,000.
How do you pronounce 亿?
It is pronounced yì.
What parts is 亿 made of?
亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 乙 (second Heavenly Stem), side by side. The recorded source is: Unicode U+4EBF and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 亿 have?
3. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 亿?
人. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 亿?
Common ones are 亿元 and 亿万. The reading of 亿 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.