JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
百 means hundred. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 6 strokes, read ひゃく. It is built from 2 parts: 一 (one, one radical (no.1)), 白 (white). It appears in 八百屋 (greengrocer).
百 is written in 6 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
百 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百 | ひゃく | hundred |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer |
These use 一 or 白 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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