百(bǎi)

HSK 16 strokes

surname Bai

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Character information

Pinyin
bǎi
Meaning
surname Bai
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 百 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱一白

In this compound, the meaning comes from 一 (one); 白 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

一yī白bái

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 百 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 百

Common words using 百 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qiān千fāng方bǎi百jì计
HSK 7-9

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

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fán凡bǎi百

all; everything; the whole

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bàn半bǎi百

fifty (usually referring to sb's age)

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shù数bǎi百

several hundred

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yī一liǎo了bǎi百liǎo了

(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's …

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yī一hū呼bǎi百yìng应

(idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval

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yī一hū呼bǎi百nuò诺

one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's …

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yī一tōng通bǎi百tōng通

grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)

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Related characters

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一七三上下不东两

From 百’s common words

千方计凡半数一了

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