百
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hundred; numerous; all kinds of
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #257 U+767E
How 百 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
一 (semantic, “one”) + 白 (phonetic, bái)
How to remember it
hundred · Heisig RSH #35
白 white + 一 one
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 白
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 白 (bái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound component | bái | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright |
| 伯 | bó | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count |
| 拍 | pāi | to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm |
| 柏 | bǎi | cypress, cedar |
| 怕 | pà | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive |
| 迫 | pò | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent |
| 泊 | bó | to anchor; to moor |
| 魄 | pò | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon |
| 帛 | bó | silk, fabric; wealth, property |
| 舶 | bó | large ship, ocean-going vessel |
| 粕 | pò | sediment, lees, dregs |
| 铂 | bó | platinum; thin sheet metal |
Words containing 百
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一百一 | yī bǎi yī | faultless; impeccable |
| 花无百日红 | huā wú bǎi rì hóng | No flower can bloom for a hundred days.; Good times do not last long. (idiom) |
| 法国百合 | Fǎ guó bǎi hé | artichoke |
| 百事无成 | bǎi shì wú chéng | to have accomplished nothing (idiom) |
| 百金花 | bǎi jīn huā | Centaurium pulchellum var. altaicum |
| 百合子 | Bǎi hé zǐ | Yuriko, Japanese female given name |
| 一通百通 | yī tōng bǎi tōng | grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) |
| 海百合 | hǎi bǎi hé | sea lily; crinoid |
| 百分之 | bǎi fēn zhī | percent |
| 百合花 | bǎi hé huā | lily; fig. pure and spotless person; virgin |
| 百分数 | bǎi fēn shù | percentage |
| 百色市 | Bǎi sè Shì | Baise, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi… |
| 百分之一百 | bǎi fēn zhī yī bǎi | one hundred percent; totally (effective) |
| 百花运动 | Bǎi huā Yùn dòng | Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing m… |
| 百分点 | bǎi fēn diǎn | percentage point |
| 百事通 | bǎi shì tōng | knowledgeable person; know all |
| 百无一失 | bǎi wú yī shī | no danger of anything going wrong; no risk at all |
| 百家 | bǎi jiā | many schools of thought; many people or households |
| 百发百中 | bǎi fā bǎi zhòng | (lit.) one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom); (fig.) to shoot with unfailing accurac… |
| 百年之后 | bǎi nián zhī hòu | (idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death |