Onyomi: ヒャク, ビャク · Kunyomi: もも · Meanings: hundred
Kanji for hundred
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The kanji 百 comes from an old symbol showing the number ten (十) under a roof-like top. In ancient writing, this shape represented a bundle or group of tens — something larger than ten but still countable. Over time, it came to mean “one hundred,” symbolizing a full, rounded number. The upper part represents “many,” and the ten below reminds us it’s made of tens multiplied together.
Built from the number ten (十) with a top part showing “many” or “a full set,” 百 stands for one hundred — a large but complete amount.
Imagine ten (十) hidden safely under a roof — not just one, but many tens stacked together. That’s 百, meaning one hundred.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 百 | ひゃく | hundred, 100 | common JLPT-N5 Numeric |
| 百 | もも | hundred, 100 | Numeric |
| 百科事典 | ひゃっかじてん | encyclopedia, encyclopaedia | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 百姓 | ひゃくしょう | farmer, peasant, farm laborer, farmhand | common Noun |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん | department store | common Noun |
| 100万 | ひゃくまん | 1,000,000, one million, million | common Numeric |
| 110番 | ひゃくとおばん | 110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan) | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 百聞 | ひゃくぶん | hearing many times | Noun |
| 百害 | ひゃくがい | great damage | Noun |
| 百合 | ゆり | lily (Lilium spp.) | common Noun |