百
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hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 白 +1
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 百
- Common rank
- #256
- Unicode
- U+767E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 百
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一百一 | faultless; impeccable | |
| 花无百日红 | No flower can bloom for a hundred days.; Good times do not last long. (idiom) | |
| 法国百合 | artichoke | |
| 百事无成 | to have accomplished nothing (idiom) | |
| 百金花 | Centaurium pulchellum var. altaicum | |
| 百合子 | Yuriko, Japanese female given name | |
| 一通百通 | grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) | |
| 海百合 | sea lily; crinoid | |
| 百分之 | percent | |
| 百合花 | lily; fig. pure and spotless person; virgin | |
| 百分数 | percentage | |
| 百色市 | 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 | one hundred percent; totally (effective) | |
| 百花运动 | Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing m… | |
| 百分点 | percentage point | |
| 百事通 | knowledgeable person; know all | |
| 百无一失 | no danger of anything going wrong; no risk at all | |
| 百家 | many schools of thought; many people or households | |
| 百年之后 | (idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death | |
| 百发百中 | (lit.) one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom); (fig.) to shoot with unfailing accurac… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 白 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound part | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright | |
| 伯 | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count | |
| 拍 | to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm | |
| 柏 | cypress, cedar | |
| 怕 | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive | |
| 迫 | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent | |
| 泊 | to anchor; to moor | |
| 魄 | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon | |
| 帛 | silk, fabric; wealth, property | |
| 舶 | large ship, ocean-going vessel | |
| 粕 | sediment, lees, dregs | |
| 铂 | platinum; thin sheet metal |