Mnemonic
Crack open one white egg and a hundred tiny chicks burst out, flooding your kitchen! One white egg somehow held a hundred chicks—they're everywhere, pure chirping chaos!
Additional thoughts
Picture the absurd image: a single white egg exploding with a hundred yellow chicks. The kanji stacks One on top of White, like a lid sitting on an egg about to pop.Quick recall
One white egg hatches a hundred chicks.Details
The keyword for 百 is hundred. This kanji represents the number one hundred, the basic unit for counting in the hundreds. It is one of the fundamental numerical kanji used in everyday counting, mathematics, and expressions of quantity. By extension, it can also convey the sense of "many" or "numerous," as one hundred symbolizes a large, round number.
- On'yomi
- ひゃく、びゃく
- Kun'yomi
- もも