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六百 (ろっぴゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

六ろっ百ぴゃく

Meanings

1

numeric

600; six hundred

The number 600, used in counting, quantities, and numerical expressions.

この本ほんは六ろっ百ぴゃくページあります。
This book has six hundred pages.
参さん加か者しゃは六ろっ百ぴゃく人にんを超こえた。
The number of participants exceeded six hundred.

Written forms

六ろっ百ぴゃくUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for the number 600.
６ろっ百ぴゃくUsage2%
Mixed Arabic-kanji spelling; occasionally seen but less common.
６００
Arabic numeral spelling, common in horizontal writing and technical contexts.
六〇〇ろっぴゃく
Kanji numeral spelling using 〇 for zero; used in some formal or vertical contexts.

Kanji

six

百hundred

Similar words

六ろっ百ぴゃく
Standard reading for 600; note the rendaku change from ろく (6) + ひゃく (100) to ろっぴゃく.
六ろっ百ぴゃく
Non-standard reading; learners should use ろっぴゃく.

Etymology

Compound of 六 (ろく, 'six') and 百 (ひゃく, 'hundred'), with regular rendaku voicing of ひゃく to ぴゃく and assimilation of く to っ.