百 — hundred
ひゃく
百
hundred
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
6 strokes
number
U+767E
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #163
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #38
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- hundred
word
ひゃく ・ぴゃく hyaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
ひゃっ hya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Composed of
いち
一
one
#1
しろい
白
white
#106
Used as component in (1)
Compound ideograph (会意). 一 (one) above 白 (white). Hundred. The 白 element may be phonetic (haku/hyaku) rather than semantic.