百
百
hundred
6 strokesFrequency 163JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ヒャクビャク
Kun
もも
Nanori
おどどうなりひゃっひゅくももんどゆう
Memory
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
hundred
Constituents
?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.
Dictionary
Common Words
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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