百 — how to write the kanji for “hundred”
百 is the number 100, a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. On its own it is the word hyaku, “hundred; 100”. Its common words take the reading hyaku: 二百 (“200”), 三百 (“300”), 四百 (“400”) and 百万 (“1,000,000”). Chinese reads it bǎi, “hundred”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 6
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 白 (“white”)
- On
- ヒャク, ビャク
- Kun
- もも
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Its parts sit stacked: 一 (“one”), stroke 1; 白 (“white”, its radical), strokes 2–6, each finished before the next.
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Dot ㇔topdown and left
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 6 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
百 in dates and counts
- 二百 にひゃく — 200; two hundred
- 三百 さんびゃく — 300; three hundred
- 四百 よんひゃく — 400; four hundred
- 百万 ひゃくまん — 1,000,000; one million
- 百貨店 ひゃっかてん — department store
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ヒャク hyaku, ビャク byaku
- Kun (native)
- もも momo (rare)
- Meanings
- hundred
- Read hyaku
- 二百 三百 四百 百万 百貨店 百億
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 163rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 백 baek
- Common words
- 14 in JMdict
Words with 百
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二百 | にひゃく nihyaku | 200; two hundred |
| 三百 | さんびゃく sanbyaku | 300; three hundred |
| 四百 | よんひゃく yonhyaku | 400; four hundred |
| 百万 | ひゃくまん hyakuman | 1,000,000; one million |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん hyakkaten | department store |
| 百億 | ひゃくおく hyakuoku | 10,000,000,000; ten billion |
| 数百 | すうひゃく suuhyaku | several hundred; hundreds |
| 百合 | ゆり yuri | lily (Lilium spp.) |
| 二百二十日 | にひゃくはつか nihyakuhatsuka | 220th day; end of the storm period |
| 何百 | なんびゃく nanbyaku | hundreds |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N5, in list order: