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On'yomi
ヒャク・ビャク
HYAKU / BYAKU
Kun'yomi
もも
momo

hundred

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Strokes6
Frequency#163
Radicalwhite(5)

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Strokes6

Component Breakdown

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one + white

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of '一' (one) and '白'. Number from one to many.

Symbolism

Many, complete, perfect score. '百' represents perfection.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

三百代言

さんびゃくだいげん

pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster; pettifogging lawyer

年百年中

ねんびゃくねんじゅう

throughout the year; all the year round; always; throughout the year

百家争鳴

ひゃっかそうめい

let a hundred schools of thought contend; let a hundred schools of thought contend

百花斉放

ひゃっかせいほう

let a hundred flowers blossom; Hundred Flowers campaign; let a hundred flowers blossom

百花繚乱

ひゃっかりょうらん

a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; hundred flowers blooming in profusion; a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people)

百戦百勝

ひゃくせんひゃくしょう

ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility; ever-victorious

百発百中

ひゃっぱつひゃくちゅう

always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible; always hitting the bull's-eye

百鬼夜行

ひゃっきやぎょう

nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.

百戦錬磨

ひゃくせんれんま

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; veteran

四百四病

しひゃくしびょう

every type of disease; every type of disease

一罰百戒

いちばつひゃっかい

punishing a crime to make an example for others; punishing a crime to make an example for others

議論百出

ぎろんひゃくしゅつ

diverse arguments arising in great numbers; diverse arguments arising in great numbers

百人百様

ひゃくにんひゃくよう

so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world; so many men, so many ways

百舌勘定

もずかんじょう

splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill; splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount

百尺竿頭

ひゃくせきかんとう

the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain; the highest state of one's enlightenment

諸子百家

しょしひゃっか

Hundred Schools of Thought (during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period); Hundred Schools of Thought (during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period)

読書百遍

どくしょひゃっぺん

repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning); repeated reading (makes the meaning clear)

百折不撓

ひゃくせつふとう

indefatigability; indomitableness; indefatigability

百年河清

ひゃくねんかせい

waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear

武芸百般

ぶげいひゃっぱん

every martial art; all the martial arts; every martial art

文武百官

ぶんぶひゃっかん

all the officials, both military and civil; all the officials, both military and civil

百八煩悩

ひゃくはちぼんのう

the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions; the 108 kleshas

Proverbs & Idioms

百聞は一見に如かず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times

One picture is worth a thousand words

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

百敷や ふるき軒端の しのぶにも なほあまりある 昔なりけり

Poem #100 from Hyakunin Isshu

順徳院Emperor Juntoku
13th century