Japanese word

兆

Pronunciation

Romajichō

Meaning

  • numbertrillion

Example

その数は一兆を超えます。so no sū wa ichi chō o ko e ma su

That number exceeds one trillion.

Illustration for 兆 (trillion)

More examples

新しい事業には一兆円もの資金が必要です。atara shi i ji gyō ni wa ichi chō en mo no shi kin ga hitsu yō de su

The new project requires as much as one trillion yen in funding.

Core concept

Marks a fixed scale of one thousand billion, turning an extremely large quantity into a standard counting unit.

Common phrases

  • 数兆円sū chō en

    several trillion yen

Definition in Japanese

十の十二乗に相当する数を表す数詞。jū no jū ni jō ni sō tō su ru kazu o arawa su sū shi

Word origin

The Sino-Japanese numeral 兆 (chō, "trillion") uses the Chinese character 兆, whose recorded meanings include "omen" and a large-number unit; chō is its Sino-Japanese reading.

Usage tips

  • In Japanese, 兆 (chō, "trillion") follows the number, so 2兆 means two trillion, a pattern shared by other large-number units.

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