N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

N5 Kanji 11: 百

Meaning of kanji 百:

In Japanese, 百 means “hundred”.

How to read kanji 百:

Kunyomi	Not often used
Onyomi	ひゃく

How to write kanji 百:

Origin of kanji 百:

一 + 白 = 百。
You can see 白 is a candle here.
If you have a candle，your room will become bright，which is white，so 白 means “white”.
And in Chinese，The pronunciation of 白 is similar to 百，so we add a line on top of 白 to create 百.

Note:
You can remember this kanji by
“It took me one dollar to buy this candle, and I sold it for 100 dollars.”

Development of kanji 百:

Vocabulary:

Word	Reading	Meaning
百	ひゃく	hundred
二百	にひゃく	two hundred
三百	さんびゃく	three hundred
四百	よんひゃく	four hundred
五百	ごひゃく	five hundred

Example Sentences of kanji 百:

チケットは百ひゃくユーロだ。
The ticket costs 100 euros.

私わたしは彼かれから百ひゃく円えん借かりている。
I owe him 100 yen.

私わたしは税金ぜいきんに二に百ひゃくドル払はらった。
I paid two hundred dollars in taxes.

私わたしはページを百ひゃく枚まい印刷いんさつする。
I print 100 pages.

宇う宙ちゅうには何なん百びゃく万まんもの星ほしがある。
There are millions of stars in the universe.

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