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百

bǎi

one hundred

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components
一 meaning component

一  Meaning component

yī

  

one

白 sound component

白  Sound component

bái

  

white

Evolution

百 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
百 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
百 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
百 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
百 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

百  

bǎi

one hundred; numerous, many; hundred; numerous; all kinds of

百  

Bǎi

surname Bai

Most common words with 百
Freq.
Word
Meaning

老百姓

ordinary people

百姓

common people

百分点

percentage point

百

hundred

百年

century

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

佰 貊 皕

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

陌 佰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤrak

paek

bǎi

hundred


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 54.7814% of movies

660th most common character in movies

407th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+767E

Shuowen

“百，十十也。从一、白。數，十百為一貫，相章也。，古文百从自。”


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