Kanji 百 — "Hundred"
Here is what 百 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Hundred" stick.
How it is read
ひゃく, びゃく
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
もも
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Draw One line on a White sheet — flip it counterclockwise and you'll see the number Hundred!
- ⼀ One
A single stroke counts as the number One, see? Japanese is that simple!
- 白 White
A single Drop of this liquid can turn the entire Sun White!
Words that use 百
3 of 3 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 百 ひゃく hundred
- 八百屋 やおや greengrocer
- 安藤百福 あんどうももふく Japanese businessman and inventor
Want 百 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
