็พ
Hundred
JLPT N5
Interesting Fact
One of Japan's most famous proverbs is Hyakubun wa Ikken ni Shikazu (็พ่ใฏไธ่ฆใซๅฆใใ): "Hearing something one hundred times is not as good as seeing it once." The saying reminds us that experience is often a better teacher than words. You can listen to one hundred stories about a place, but seeing it with your own eyes is something entirely different.
Memory Trick
Imagine stacking one hundred gold coins into a towering pile. That's ็พ, meaning hundred.
Readings
Onyomi: ใใฃใฏ (hyaku)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
็พ
ใฒใใ (hyaku)
One hundred
็พๅ
ใฒใใใใ (hyakuen)
100 yen
ไธ็พ
ใใใณใใ (sanbyaku)
300
็พไบบ
ใฒใใใซใ (hyakunin)
100 people
Example Sentence
ใใฎๆฌใฏ็พใใผใธใใใพใใ
ใใฎ ใปใ ใฏ ใฒใใใใผใธ ใใใพใใ
kono hon wa hyaku peeji arimasu
This book has 100 pages.