ChiramiN5 kanji · 6 strokes
百 means hundred
百
一 one · 白 white
百Memory trick
One (一) on top of white (白): a hundred.
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Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- hundred
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) もも momo
もも (momo) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ヒャク hyaku
ヒャク (hyaku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ビャク byaku
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Common word
百貨店 ひゃっかてん · hyakkaten
department store
Built from
- 一 one
- 白 white
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白 Used in 29 kanji
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What does 百 mean?
Right: 百 means hundred.Not quite: 百 means hundred.In 百貨店, which reading does 百 use?
Right. 百貨店 is read ひゃっかてん (hyakkaten): 百 takes ヒャク, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ひゃっ here.Not quite. 百貨店 is read ひゃっかてん (hyakkaten): 百 takes ヒャク, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ひゃっ here.