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CHINESE CHARACTER

bǎi

百

百

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cent

Numbered pinyin
bai3
English meanings
cent, centum, century, hundred, det.: hundred

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 一; bottom 白.

Meaning & sound clues

一 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “one”.

白 is identified as the sound component (bái). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 百.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱一白

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一bǎi百fēn分shì是mǎn满fēn分。

    One hundred is a full score.

  2. 02

    zhè这běn本shū书yī一bǎi百yè页。

    This book has a hundred pages.

  3. 03

    wǒ我yǒu有jǐ几bǎi百běn本shū书。

    I have several hundred books.

  4. 04

    bǎi百fēn分zhīyī之一de的rén人huì会zhèyàng这样。

    One percent of people do this.

  5. 05

    tā他kǎo考le了jiǔ九shífēn十分。

    He scored ninety out of a hundred.

  6. 06

    zhè这gè个chéngshì城市yǒu有jǐ几bǎi百wàn万rén人。

    This city has several million people.

Explore words connected to this character.

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