# 百 — Hundred

Frequency rank 371 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 西 (West), less common than 素 (Element).

- On’yomi: ひゃく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 白 White (Kangxi 106)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A ground (ground) line sits on top and white (white) fills the space below — a white blanket of snow covering the ground, and there are a hundred layers of it piled up.

In words:

- 百 ひゃく — hundred
- 八百屋 やおや — greengrocer
- 百科事典 ひゃっかじてん — encyclopedia

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