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百

Hundred
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingヒャク
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 4

Meanings

  1. hundredRtK
  1. 100

Popular Usage

八百屋

Radicals and components

Radical白white
Components
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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
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
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
百花繚乱ひゃっかりょうらん
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people)
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
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)

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

Hundred. 一 (one) + 白 — 'white' here gives the sound. One hundred.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 百

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