ひゃく

Hundred

N5noun·hyaku

How to remember it

百 looks like 一 (one) over 白 (white) — a hundred white things.

Example sentences

  • 百円です。

    ひゃくえんです。

    It's one hundred yen.

  • 百メートル走る。

    ひゃくめーとるはしる。

    I run one hundred meters.

Usage

Readings shift: 三百 (さんびゃく), 六百 (ろっぴゃく), 八百 (はっぴゃく).

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