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See also: 亿
U+5104, 億
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5104

[U+5103]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5105]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 9, +13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿心 (OYTP), four-corner 20236, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1178
  • Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 227, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5104

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. 亿*
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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qɯɡ): semantic + phonetic (OC *qɯɡs).

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'ik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔik̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiək̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔik ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ(r)ək/
English 100000

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15157
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯɡ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. hundred million (100,000,000) (sometimes written as 1,0000,0000)
  2. hundred thousand (100,000)
  3. peaceful; stable
  4. brimming; plentiful; abundant
  5. Alternative form of (, chest)
  6. Alternative form of (, to guess; to estimate; to surmise)
  7. a surname

See also[edit]

Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫小写)
, , , , ,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
百萬百万,
(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines)
亿 (Taiwan)
萬億万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫大写)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji[edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(おく) (oku

  1. a hundred million, 108

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC 'ik).

Historical readings

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (eok eok))

  1. Hanja form? of (a hundred million, 108).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: ức
: Nôm readings: tỉ, ức

Noun[edit]

  1. chữ Hán form of ức (a hundred million, 108).