百 U+767E, 百 ← 白[U+767D] CJK Unified Ideographs 癿 →[U+767F] Stroke order Stroke order
百 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+1, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 一日 (MA), four-corner 10600, composition ⿱一白 or ⿱丆日)
- 佰 𡋦 帞 㢶 𢫦 洦 㹮 𨒹 陌 栢 𤤿 瓸 竡 袹 粨 絔 蛨 皕 貊 𧻙 兡 銆
- 㓦 㪶 㼣 𠷡 𤾓 凮 弼 𢟟 𣽀 𤢫 䔤 𩢷 蘷
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 785, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22679
- Dae Jaweon: page 1199, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2643, character 1
- Unihan data for U+767E
simp. and trad. 百 alternative forms 佰 financial𦣻 archaic
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praːɡ): semantic 一 + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).
皕 (bì, “two hundred”) is derived from 百 (bǎi), perhaps by abbreviation of an ancient pronunciation of 二百 Sagart (2023c).
百
- hundred 四百 ― sì bǎi ― four hundred 百四 [Cantonese] ― baak3 sei3 [Jyutping] ― one hundred and forty 長命百歲／长命百岁 ― chángmìngbǎisuì ― to live to be a hundred
- numerous; countless 千方百計／千方百计 ― qiānfāngbǎijì ― by every conceivable means
- every; all
- 百爾君子，不知德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]百尔君子，不知德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge’s versionBǎi ěr jūnzǐ, bùzhī déxíng. [Pinyin]All ye princely men,Know ye not his virtuous conduct?
- a surname, Bai, Baak, or Bak
- (numerous):
Chinese numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012 Normal(小寫 / 小写) 〇, 零, 空 一, 蜀 二, 兩 / 两 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬 / 万,十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) 百萬 / 百万,桶(Philippines),面桶 (Philippines) 億 / 亿 兆 (Taiwan)萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China) Financial(大寫 / 大写) 零 壹 貳 / 贰 參 / 叁 肆 伍 陸 / 陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟
In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant 幺 for the numeral 一 in Mandarin.
Others:
- → Ai-Cham: pek⁷
- → Lao: ປາກ (pāk)
- → Lü: ᦔᦱᧅ (ṗaak)
- → Shan: ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak)
- → Southern Kam: begs
- → Zhuang: bak
- → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *pæk
- Iu Mien: baeqv
- Western Xiangxi Miao: bat
- White Hmong: pua
- “百”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- “百”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “百”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 264.
Japanese cardinal numbers < 99 100 200 > Cardinal : 百
(First grade kyōiku kanji)
- Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku, Jōyō)←ひやく (fyaku, historical)
- Kan-on: はく (haku)←はく (faku, historical)
- Kun: もも (momo, 百)、ほ (ho, 百)←ほ (fo, 百, historical)、お (o, 百)←ほ (fo, 百, historical)
- Nanori: ど (do)、どう (dō)、なり (nari)、ひゅく (hyuku)、も (mo)、もんど (mondo)、ゆ (yu)
Kanji in this term 百 ひゃくGrade: 1 goon
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 百 (MC paek, literally “hundred”).
- (Tokyo) ひゃく [hyàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ça̠kɯ̟]
- (Tokyo) Note: Generally, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 百 does not become deaccented with の and is still pronounced as:
- ひゃくの
- Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)
百(ひゃく) • (hyaku)
- hundred
- a very many, lots, a lot
- one hundred years old, advanced age
This is the most common term for hundred in modern Japanese.
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji100百ひゃくhyaku200二百にひゃくnihyaku300三百さんびゃくsanbyaku400四百よんひゃくyonhyaku500五百ごひゃくgohyaku600六百ろっぴゃくroppyaku700七百ななひゃくnanahyaku800八百はっぴゃくhappyaku900九百きゅうひゃくkyūhyaku?何百なんびゃくnanbyaku Kanji in this term 百 ももGrade: 1 kun’yomi
/mo1mo1/ → /momo/
From Old Japanese.
- (Tokyo) もも [móꜜmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞mo̞]
百(もも) • (momo)
- (archaic) hundred
- (archaic) a very many
While the ho or o readings are only used in compounds, momo can be used on its own.[2]
Archaic. Generally only found in set phrases or compounds.
Kanji in this term 百 ほGrade: 1 kun’yomi
/po/ → /ɸo/ → /ho/
From Old Japanese.
- IPA(key): [ho̞]
百(ほ) • (ho)
- (obsolete) hundred
- (obsolete) a very many
While the momo reading can be used as a standalone term, ho is only used in compounds, where it has lost the initial consonant and appears instead as o.
Obsolete. Superseded by o (see below).
Kanji in this term 百 おGrade: 1 kun’yomi
/po/ → /ɸo/ → /wo/ → /o/
From Old Japanese. Change in pronunciation from ho (see above).[2]
- IPA(key): [o̞]
百(お) • (o) ←ほ (fo)?
- (archaic) hundred
- (archaic) a very many
While the momo reading can be used as a standalone term, o is only used in compounds. This o was previously pronounced ho, from ancient po (see above). Generally only used in reference to multiple hundreds of things, as in terms 五百 (io, “five hundred; a very many”) or 八百 (yao, “eight hundred; a very many”).[2]
Archaic. Generally only found in set phrases and compounds.
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji100百ももmomo200二百ふたおfutao300三百みおmio400四百よおyō500五百いおio600六百むおmuo700七百ななおnanao800八百やおyao900九百ここのおkokonō
- “△百”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
Korean numbers (edit) ← 10 ← 90 100 1,000 → 100,000 → 10 Sino-Korean: 백 (baek) Hanja: 百
From Middle Chinese 百 (MC paek).
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄇᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: póyk) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 온〮 (Yale: wón) ᄇᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: póyk)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛk̚] ~ [pe̞k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [백/벡]
百 (eumhun 일백(一百) 백 (ilbaek baek))
- hanja form? of 백 (“hundred”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]
百: Hán Việt readings: bách (博(bác)陌(mạch)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4], bá[2][3][4] 百: Nôm readings: bách[2][3][4][5][6], bá[2][7][4][5][6], trăm[1]
- chữ Hán form of bách (“hundred”)
