百
百 — Hundred
hundred
On’yomiヒャク (hyaku)
On’yomiビャク (byaku)
Kun’yomiもも (momo)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 百
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百 | ひゃく hyaku | hundred; 100 |
| 二百 | にひゃく nihyaku | 200; two hundred |
| 三百 | さんびゃく sanbyaku | 300; three hundred; 300 mon |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん hyakkaten | department store |
| 百万 | ひゃくまん hyakuman | 1,000,000; one million; million |
| 四百 | よんひゃく yonhyaku | 400; four hundred |
Study notes
百 is a JLPT N5 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 1), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #163 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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