numeric
500; five hundred
The number 500. Used in counting, prices, quantities, etc.
この本は五百ページあります。
This book has 500 pages.
参加費は五百円です。
The participation fee is 500 yen.
noun
many; a great number
Figurative use meaning 'a large number' or 'many', often in set phrases like 五百の (many) or 五百重 (many layers). Not used as a general quantifier in modern speech.
五百の兵が集まった。
A great number of soldiers gathered.
五百重の波が打ち寄せる。
Waves upon waves come rolling in.
Mixed kanji-numeral spelling; less common than 五百 or ５００.
Common in horizontal writing, tables, and modern contexts.
Kanji-numeral hybrid using 〇; occasionally seen in vertical writing or formal contexts.
Compound of 五 (go, 'five') and 百 (hyaku, 'hundred'). The reading ごひゃく is a regular combination; the obsolete reading いお is of uncertain origin.