百 (ひゃく · さんびゃく · ひゃくおく)

hundred / 100; 300 / three hundred; 10,000,000,000 / ten billion

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

Example sentences

  1. 百聞は一見にしかず。 — To see is to believe.
  2. このゲームは八百長だ。 — This game is fixed.
  3. チケットは百ユーロだ。 — The ticket costs 100 euros.
  4. 何百人もの人がそこにいた。 — There were hundreds of people there.
  5. あのレースは八百長だった。 — The race was fixed.

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