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hundred 百
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Tilt your head to the right and read a "1" with two zeros 日 = 100
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百
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| hundred, 100, numerous
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One stroke 一 and white 白 (Originally the image of a thumbnail symbolizing 100 in gesture language.)
Tilt your head to the right and you see a 1 with two zeros = 100.
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缩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| shrink, to withdraw, pull back, abbreviation
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: lodge/hostel 宿 (Under the roof 宀 persons 人 in the hundreds 百 in the lodge.)
The threads (of bed linen) in the hostel will (after washing) shrink.
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宿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| dormitory, hostel, to lodge, stay at, old, former
sù, xiǔ, xiù
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Top: roof 宀, below: 佰 (person 亻/人 and hundred 百 [tilt your head to the right to read 100])
The roof hosting hundred people is a lodge.
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陌
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| raised path, street
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Left: hill 阝, right: hundred 百 (tilt your head to the right and read '100')
(A street is actually just piled earth cf.街) Hills in hundreds form a street.
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弼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| assist
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Left and rights: bows 弓, middle: hundred 百 (Tilt your head to the right and read '100'.)
Bows in the hundreds are assisting us.
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