900; nine hundred
Standard numeral; used in counting, prices, years, etc.
This book has nine hundred pages.
The number of participants exceeded nine hundred.
In old texts, 九百 read as くひゃく can refer to a fool.
Standard kanji spelling for the number 900.
Mixed numeral-kanji spelling; occasionally seen but less standard.
Arabic numeral spelling, common in horizontal writing and technical contexts.
Kanji-zero spelling; sometimes used for stylistic or vertical-writing purposes.
Compound of 九 (nine) and 百 (hundred). The archaic derogatory sense may derive from a pun or slang usage, but the exact origin is uncertain.