Meaning

Primary

Hundred

Alternative

One Hundred

Word Type

numeral

Explanation

When a vocab word is a single kanji without okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) it usually has the same meaning as the kanji it's spawned from. If you know the kanji meaning you'll also know the vocab meaning. It's one hundred!

Reading

ひゃく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

When a vocab word is a single kanji with no okurigana, it usually uses the kun'yomi reading. Numbers are an exception to this. Numbers use the on'yomi reading, which you've already learned by learning the kanji's reading! How nice!

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 百メートル

    a hundred meters

    百円

    a hundred yen

    百ドル

    a hundred dollars

Context Sentences

この本は、およそ百ページです。

This book is about a hundred pages.

小さいころ、ジュースは一つ百円でした。

When I was little, juice was one hundred yen.

イベントには百人のコスプレ名人があつまりました。

A hundred cosplay masters gathered at the event.

Kanji Composition