Kanji: 百 100
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JLPT N5: 11 / 100 | 6 Strokes
百
On: ヒャク
Kun:
Kun:
Meaning: hundred
Kanji Parts:
- 一 (one; ceiling)
- 白 (white) or 日 (sun with a dot on its head)
Mnemonics:
- If you turn it on its side, it looks like 100.
- I had to paint my dirty ceiling 一 with white 白 paint a hundred times.
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 二百 200
- 三百 300 [note: sound changes to a harder “b” sound]
Example Sentence:
ええと、百人くらいきました。
Let’s see… About a hundred people came.
- ええと umm; let me see...
- 百人 person; people
- くらい about [this is sometimes ぐらい after certain sounds]
- きました came [past polite of くる (to come)]
Why does it change sometimes to “byaku”?