百 Kanji: Meaning, Readings and Stroke Order

百: hundred; hundreds. JLPT N5; 6 strokes.

Readings

On readings

ヒャク、ビャク

Kun readings

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Romaji

hyaku, byaku

Study notes

百 is the number one hundred; per extension it also indicates 'very many'.

On readings: ヒャク in 百 (ひゃく, hundred), 百円 (ひゃくえん, one hundred yen), 百貨店 (ひゃっかてん, department store), 百科事典 (ひゃっかじてん, encyclopedia). After some numbers the sound changes: 三百 (さんびゃく) uses ビャク, 六百 (ろっぴゃく) and 八百 (はっぴゃく) use ぴゃく.

It has no common kun readings.

Special readings: 八百屋 (やおや, greengrocer) and 百合 (ゆり, lily) are read as whole words.

Remember: in front of 科 and 貨 the reading ヒャク becomes ひゃっ, as in 百貨店 and 百科事典.

Example words

• 百円 (ひゃくえん) — one hundred yen
• 三百 (さんびゃく) — three hundred

Example sentences

百円で買えます。

hyaku-en de kaemasu.

You can buy it for one hundred yen.

Stroke order

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