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億 a hundred million

(personleft) + 意 (meaning)
★★☆☆☆
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Remember, like 千 and 万, 億 can't be used by itself - it needs to have an integer in front of it. 一億 is just a UNIT of hundreds of millions. If you want to specifically say "a hundred million hairs on yo Mama's tongue" you need to say 一億.

Onyomi

OKU

100,000,00 ORCS marched against a hobbit.

Mnemonic

That lying-ass person has like 100,000,000 meanings whenever he talks.

Kunyomi

おく 100,000,000 , but be careful -- if you want to say "one hundred thousand", you have to put the 'ichi' in front, like so: 一億 ABU
★★★★☆

Jukugo

一億円(いちおくえん)

100,000,000 YEN ★★☆☆☆
一 (one) + 億 (a hundred million) + 円 (yen/circle) = 一億円 (100,000,000 YEN)

100,000,000 YEN,　 AKA what Maneki-neko wants!

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
憶 recollect HEART 心
億 a hundred million PERSON 人

I recollect every time I got my HEART broken.

Every PERSON wants a hundred million bucks.