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Japanese symbol for “trillions”

Romaji: nanchou
(many) trillions

In Japanese, trillions is , read (nanchou).

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Meanings

  1. n (many) trillions

Kanji and stroke order

what
on: カ
kun: なに、なん、なに-、なん-
7 strokes · JLPT 4
portent, 10**12, trillion
on: チョウ
kun: きざ.す、きざ.し
6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
なんとか nantokasomething; something or other; so-and-so
なんで nandewhy?; what for?
なにより naniyoriabove anything else; above all; more than anything
なんとも nantomoreally; very; extremely
なにごと nanigotowhat; what sort of thing
なんと nantowhat; how
きざし kizashisign; indication; omen
ちょうこう choukousign; indication; omen

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.