five million; 5,000,000
The number five million; used in counting, prices, populations, etc.
The budget for this project is five million yen.
The population of that city is about five million.
many; a great number
Only when written 五百万
Archaic noun meaning 'many' or 'a great number', restricted to the kanji form 五百万. Not used in modern Japanese.
In classical texts, 五百万 can be read as いおよろず and used to mean 'many'.
Common in financial or statistical contexts; uses Arabic numerals.
Full numeric representation; less common in running text.
Kanji with zero characters; rarely used outside formal vertical writing or legal documents.
Compound of 五 (go, 'five') + 百 (hyaku, 'hundred') + 万 (man, 'ten thousand'), literally 'five hundred ten-thousands', i.e., five million. The archaic reading いおよろず is of uncertain derivation.