百ひゃく億おく

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Meanings

1

ten billion; 10,000,000,000

A Japanese large-number expression equal to one hundred units of 億; often used before counters or units such as 円, 人, and 個.

The company raised ten billion yen in funding.

売うり上あげ高だかは１００ひゃく億おくを超こえた。

Sales exceeded ten billion.

百ひゃく億おく
Standard kanji spelling for the number 10,000,000,000.
１００ひゃく億おく
Common mixed numeral-kanji spelling, especially in figures such as １００億円.
１００００００００００ひゃくおく
Full numeric notation for the same value; the reading is ひゃくおく when read as a Japanese number.

Composed transparently of 百, 'hundred', and 億, 'one hundred million'; 百億 means 100 × 100,000,000 = 10,000,000,000.