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The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages also have words for a myriad squared ( 100, 000, 000 ): yì ( 億 ) ( or wànwàn in ancient texts ), oku ( 億 ), and eok ( 억 / 億 ), respectively.

A myriad cubed ( 10, 000 < sup > 3 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 12 </ sup >) is a zhào ( 兆 ), chō ( 兆 ), and jo ( 조 / 兆 ); a myriad to the fourth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 4 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 16 </ sup >) is a jīng ( 京 ), kei ( 京 ), and gyeong ( 경 / 京 ), a myriad to the fifth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 5 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 20 </ sup >) is a gai ( 垓 ), a myriad to the sixth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 6 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 24 </ sup >) is a shi ( 秭 ), a myriad to the seventh power ( 10, 000 < sup > 7 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 28 </ sup >) is a jō ( 穣 ), a myriad to the eighth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 8 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 32 </ sup >) is a kō ( 溝 ), a myriad to the ninth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 9 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 36 </ sup >) is a kan ( 澗 ), a myriad to the tenth power ( 10, 000 < sup > 10 </ sup > or 10 < sup > 40 </ sup >) is a sē ( 正 ), respectively.

Conversely, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean do not have single words for a thousand to the second, third, fifth power, etc., unlike English and many other European languages.