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Subject: Re: 京
From: Peptron
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:28:33 GMT
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> Kanji Gold translate 京 by "Capital" and "10**16". What is the sense of "10**16"? Thanks!

It's 10 000 000 000 000 000. Or ten quadrillion (American), ten thousand billion (British), dix billiards (Français).

There are kanji that have a meaning used for numbers.


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