Radical 亻

3 strokes

億

person 亻 (13a) + second 乙 (413a) = hundred million 亿

[十亿 (4) shíyì a billion]

Harry came second in the contest to guess the distance from the earth to the Sun. he said a hundred million miles. / The dwarf logged the guesses on a blackboard set up on an easel.

Be careful not to confuse this with “bird’s wing” (410a).

The character 丁 (“nail”, 81b) is also used to mean “fourth”, and we will meet 丙 “third” later (510a). Strangely, 甲 “first” does not appear in HSK Level a, even as a fragment.