Memory phrase for the character: 百

百

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Meaning

hundred, 100, numerous

Pronunciation

 bǎi

Explanation

 One stroke 一 and white 白 (Originally the image of a thumbnail symbolizing 100 in gesture language.)

Mnemonic
 
Tilt your head to the right and you see a 1 with two zeros = 100.

Radicals

百 hundredTilt your head to the right and read a "1" with two zeros 日 = 100
白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays 丶 of the sun 日 make it: white.
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 Vocabulary

百年 bǎi nián  hundred years; century; lifetime
百卉千葩 bǎi huì qiān pā  myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful
百战不殆 bǎi zhàn bù dài  to come unscathed through a hundred battles, to win every fight
知彼知己，百战不殆 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài  Knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War).
百孔千疮 bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng  riddled with gaping wounds; afflicted with all ills
百不咋 bǎi bù za  of no consequence (idiom)
百事轻怡 Bǎi shì qīng yí  Diet Pepsi; Pepsi Light
百日咳 bǎi rì ké  whooping cough; pertussis
百万富翁 bǎi wàn fù wēng  millionaire
百家争鸣 bǎi jiā zhēng míng  a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
百般 bǎi bān  in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
百般 bǎi bān  

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