This kanji has a stroke for one atop 白 white. The latter is probably a representation of a thumb, which in ancient China was used to indicate a hundred. So, this kanji means one hundred.
Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ | 百 | ひゃく | one hundred |
| ⭐ | 百パーセント | ひゃく・パーセント | one hundred percent; completely |
| 百万 | ひゃくまん | one million; many | |
| 九百 | きゅうひゃく | nine hundred | |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん | department store | |
| 百科全書 | ひゃっかぜんしょ | encyclopedia | |
| 数百 | すうひゃく | several hundred | |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer; jack-of-all-trades | |
| 八百長 | やおちょう | fixed (rigged) match |