百ひゃく

also: はく

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

The number 100. The rare kanji 陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents and read はく.

この本ほんは百ひゃくページあります。
This book has one hundred pages.
百ひゃく円えん玉だまを三さん枚まいください。
Please give me three 100-yen coins.

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Kanji

百hundred
佰hundred, leader of 100 men, east-west path between paddies
一one, one radical (no.1)
陌east-west path between paddies, road

Related words

千せんN5
千 is one thousand while 百 is one hundred, the smaller unit ten times below it.

Don't confuse with

千せんN5
百 means 'hundred' while 千 means 'thousand', so learners must be careful not to mix up these two order-of-magnitude numerals.
十じゅうN5
百 is 'hundred' and 十 is 'ten', one order of magnitude smaller, so the two are easy to confuse when doing quick mental math in Japanese.

Written forms

百ひゃくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for the number 100.
ヒャクUsage<1%
１００ひゃく
Full-width numeral spelling, common in vertical text and formal documents.
陌
- はく
  Rare legal-document variant; read はく.
- ひゃく
佰
- はく
  Rare legal-document variant; read はく.
- ひゃく
一〇〇ひゃく
Kanji-numeral mixed spelling; included as a search aid.
はく

Etymology

Native Japanese numeral; the kanji 百 is a pictograph representing the number 100.