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百
百
6 strokes
Frequency: 163
JLPT N4
Grade 1

Meanings

hundred

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ヒャク
ビャク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
もも
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
お
ど
どう
なり
ひゃっ
ひゅく
も
もんど
ゆう

Common Words

百
１００
陌
佰
一〇〇
ひゃく
はく (陌／佰)
Freq #2015
1

Numeric; 陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents

hundred; 100

Examples
彼は口座から百ドル下ろした。
He drew $100 from his account.
何百
なんびゃく
Noun
Freq #4975
1

hundreds

Examples
何百羽とキジを撃った。
We shot pheasants by the hundred.
２００
二百
２百
二〇〇
にひゃく
Freq #5206
1

Numeric

200; two hundred

Examples
銀行に二百万円残っている。
The balance at the bank stands at two million yen.
数百
すうひゃく
Noun
Freq #5251
1

several hundred; hundreds (of)

Examples
ちなみに、ウチのクリニックから数百メートルの近場に「ランプ」が建設中です。
Incidentally a motorway ramp is being constructed in the neighbourhood, a few hundred metres away, of my clinic.
３００
三百
３百
三〇〇
さんびゃく
Freq #6039
1

Numeric

300; three hundred

Examples
この部屋は三百人収容できる。
This room can hold three hundred people.
2

Common noun

300 mon; trifling amount; two-bit item

3

Abbreviation; Common noun

shyster

５００
五百
５百
五〇〇
ごひゃく
いお (五百)
Freq #6253
1

Numeric

500; five hundred

2

Common noun

many

百年
百歳
ひゃくねん (百年)
ももとせ
Noun
Freq #7156
1

century; hundred years; a long time

《 ゆり 》
百合
ユリ
ゆる
Noun
Freq #10908
1

Word usually written using kana alone

lily (Lilium spp.)

Examples
ユリの香りが部屋に満ちていた。
A smell of lilies filled the room.
2

ゆり／ユリ only; Colloquial

yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

１００万
百万
１００００００
壱百萬
ひゃくまん
Freq #11561
1

Numeric

1,000,000; one million; million

Examples
太陽は地球の約百万倍の大きさがある。
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
2

Common noun

many

１００％
１００パーセント
百パーセント
ひゃくパーセント
Adverb
Noun
Freq #12289
1

100 percent

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.

hundred

Constituents

The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.

🧩 dove
一 ceiling
一 one
白 white

Mnemonic Stories

In Japan, a person’s 99th birthday is referred to as a “white year”. If you subtract one from a hundred, then you’re left with the kanji for white.

This kanji visually looks like “100” rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

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