Learn a Chinese Character - 亿 (yì) - Hundred million

1. Character Basics (基本信息)

Radical: 亻 (human radical)

Stroke Count: 3

Character Decomposition: 亻 + 乙 (human + a curve, which can be associated with a large - scale concept)

Stroke Order:

2. Pronunciation (发音)

Pinyin: yì (fourth tone)

3. Meaning (含义)

亿 represents the number one hundred million. It is used to denote a large quantity. “亿”表示一亿这个数量，用于指代庞大的数目。

4. Common Words (常用词汇)

• 亿万 (yì wàn) - hundreds of millions; innumerable
• 十亿 (shí yì) - one billion
• 千亿 (qiān yì) - ten billion

5. Grammar & Usage (语法与用法)

亿 is a numeral and is often used in combination with other numerals or quantifiers to express large numbers. For example, "五亿" (wǔ yì) means five hundred million. “亿”是一个数词，常和其他数字或量词组合使用来表达大数目。例如，“五亿”表示五亿。

6. Cultural Background (文化背景)

In Chinese culture, large numbers like 亿 are frequently used in economic, demographic, and other fields to describe large - scale phenomena. 在中国文化里，像“亿”这样的大数目词经常 economically used in economic, demographic, and other fields to describe large - scale phenomena.

7. Example Sentence (例句)

8. Memory Tips (记忆技巧)

You can associate the 亻 radical with people and imagine a huge crowd, which helps you remember that 亿 represents a large number. 你可以把“亻”旁和人联系起来，想象一大群人，这样有助于记住“亿”表示庞大的数目。