百
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Translingual
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Han character
百 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一日 (MA), four-corner 10600, composition ⿱一白 or ⿱丆日)
References
- KangXi: 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
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
百 | |
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| alternative forms | 佰 financial 𦣻 archaic | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 百 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 怕 | *pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ |
| 帕 | *pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd |
| 粕 | *pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 胉 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 泊 | *baːɡ |
| 箔 | *baːɡ |
| 魄 | *tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 皕 | *prɯɡ |
| 伯 | *praːɡ |
| 百 | *praːɡ |
| 迫 | *praːɡ |
| 敀 | *praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 柏 | *praːɡ |
| 湐 | *praːɡ |
| 拍 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 珀 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 皛 | *pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ |
| 洦 | *mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ |
| 白 | *braːɡ |
| 帛 | *braːɡ |
| 舶 | *braːɡ |
| 鮊 | *braːɡ |
| 陌 | *mbraːɡ |
| 帞 | *mbraːɡ |
| 袹 | *mbraːɡ |
| 蛨 | *mbraːɡ |
| 貊 | *mbraːɡ |
| 佰 | *mbraːɡ |
| 銆 | *mbraːɡ |
| 碧 | *praɡ, *preɡ |
| 咟 | *ɦmreːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praːɡ) : semantic 一 + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja.
Pronunciation
Definitions
百
- hundred
- numerous; countless
- every; all
- 百爾君子,不知德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bǎi ěr jūnzǐ, bùzhī déxíng. [Pinyin]
- All ye princely men,
Know ye not his virtuous conduct?
百尔君子,不知德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname: Bai; Baak; Bak
Synonyms
- (numerous):
See also
| Chinese numbers | ||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 108 | 1012 | |
| Normal (小寫/小写) |
〇, 零 | 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 | 十 | 百 | 千 | 萬/万 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) |
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 | |||
Compounds
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Descendants
Others:
Further reading
- “Entry #2597”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 百 |
| ひゃく Grade: 1 |
| goon |
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 百 (MC pˠæk̚, literally “hundred”).
Usage notes
This is the most common term for hundred in modern Japanese.
Idioms
Derived terms
- 百科全書 (hyakka zensho): an encyclopedia
- 百千 (hyakusen): a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
| Japanese numerical compounds with 百 (hyaku) | |||||||||
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| 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | Hundreds of |
| 百 (hyaku) 一百 (ippyaku) |
二百 (nihyaku) | 三百 (sanbyaku) | 四百 (yonhyaku) | 五百 (gohyaku) | 六百 (roppyaku) | 七百 (nanahyaku) | 八百 (happyaku) | 九百 (kyūhyaku) 九百 (kuhyaku) |
何百 (nanbyaku) 数百 (sūhyaku) |
Usage notes
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.
Derived terms
- 百日 (momoka): hundredth day
- 百声鳥 (momokoedori): Cuculus poliocephalus, lesser cuckoo
- 百舌 (mozu): shrike
- 百千 (momochi): a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
- 百千鳥 (momochidori): all sorts of birds, hundreds and thousands of birds; a plover; a Japanese bush warbler
- 百年 (momotose): hundred years, century, a long time
- 百夜 (momoyo): a hundred nights
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ho̞]
Usage notes
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).
Etymology 4
| Kanji in this term |
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| 百 |
| お Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
/po/ → /ɸo/ → /ho/ → /o/
From Old Japanese. Change in pronunciation from ho (see above).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o̞]
Usage notes
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.
Derived terms
- 二百 (futao): two hundred
- 三百 (mio): three hundred
- 四百 (yō): four hundred
- 五百 (io): five hundred; a very many
- 六百 (muo): six hundred
- 七百 (nanao): seven hundred
- 八百 (yao): eight hundred; a very many
- 九百 (kokonō): nine hundred
- 八百万 (yaoyorozu): eight million; a great multitude, a countless large number or amount
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
Korean
| ← 10 | ← 90 | 100 | 1,000 → | 100,000 → |
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| 10 | ||||
| Sino-Korean: 백 (baek) Hanja: 百 | ||||
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 百 (MC pˠæk̚).
| Historical Readings | ||
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| Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᄇᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: póyk) | |
| Middle Korean | ||
| Text | Eumhun | |
| Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 온〮 (Yale: wón) | ᄇᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: póyk) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛk̚] ~ [pe̞k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [백/벡]
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
百: Hán Việt readings: bách (
百: Nôm readings: bách[2][3][4][5][6], bá[2][7][4][5][6], trăm[1]
Compounds
- 百分 (bách phân)
- 百分率 (bách phân suất)
- 百合 (bách hợp)
- 百姓 (bách tính, bá tánh)
- 百官 (bách quan)
- 百工 (bách công)
- 百年偕老 (bách niên giai lão)
- 百戰 (bách chiến)
- 百戰百勝 (bách chiến bách thắng)
- 百方 (bách phương)
- 百步 (bách bộ)
- 百獸 (bách thú)
- 百發百中 (bách phát bách trúng)
- 百科 (bách khoa)
- 百科全書 (bách khoa toàn thư)
- 百草 (bách thảo)
- 百藝 (bách nghệ)
- 百補 (bách bổ)
- 百貨 (bách hóa/bách hoá)
- 百越 (Bách Việt)
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
- Hồ (1976).




