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百

hundred
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingヒャク、ビャク
Kun readingもも
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. hundredRtK
  1. 100

Popular Usage

八百屋

Radicals and components

Radical白white
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · ceiling (冖) · white (白) · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 38

Compound words

八百屋やおや
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades
八百万やおよろず
myriad; countless things
九百きゅうひゃく
900
三百さんびゃく
300
二百にひゃく
200; two hundred
八百はっぴゃく
800
百円ひゃくえん
100 yen
何百なんびゃく
hundreds
数百すうひゃく
several hundred; hundreds (of)
百合ゆり
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
百姓ひゃくしょう
farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand; farming
四百よんひゃく
400; four hundred
百貨店ひゃっかてん
department store
二百十日にひゃくとおか
210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day
百科事典ひゃっかじてん
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
二百二十日にひゃくはつか
220th day; end of the storm period
千九百年代せんきゅうひゃくねんだい
the 1900s
３百さんびゃく
300
百景ひゃっけい
100 famous views
百寿ひゃくじゅ
100th birthday
百撰ひゃくせん
top hundred
百弊ひゃくへい
all evils
百匁ひゃくもんめ
375 grams (100 monme)
百錬ひゃくれん
well-tempered

On Reading Examples

彼の両親はお百姓でした。ひゃくしょう
His parents were farmers.tatoeba
お百姓さんはそれを聞いて喜ぶに違いない。ひゃくしょう
The farmers must be happy to hear that.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は百万長者であるようなふりをした。
He made believe that he was a millionaire.tatoeba
彼は百円しか持ち合わせていなかった。
He had no more than one hundred yen with him.tatoeba
彼は生まれは貧乏だったが、死ぬときは百万長者だった。
He was born poor, but died a millionaire.tatoeba
彼は口座から百ドル下ろした。
He drew $100 from his account.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 百

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