佰 meaning and stroke order
Hundred
How to write 佰, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 佰
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
How 佰 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. One hundred 百 people 亻; 百 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 亻 (man), shared by 277 characters on this site.
How to remember 佰
Picture one hundred 百 (bǎi) people 亻 standing in a row. The person radical on the left plus 百 on the right gives you 佰, which keeps both the meaning and the sound of 百.
佰 is the formal "banker's" form of 百, used on checks, receipts, invoices and contracts so the amount cannot be easily altered. In everyday writing people use 百 instead. Example: 壹佰元整 (yī bǎi yuán zhěng), exactly one hundred yuan.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 佰 in ordinary sentences like 一佰个人. This looks odd, because outside financial documents you should write 百 (bǎi). Also do not confuse 佰 with 伯 (bó, uncle). 伯 has 白 on the right, while 佰 has 百, which has one extra stroke on top.
Characters that contain 佰
Learning 佰 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 佰
How many strokes are in 佰?
佰 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 佰 mean?
佰 (bǎi) means hundred.
How do you pronounce 佰?
佰 is pronounced bǎi, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 佰?
The radical of 佰 is 亻, which carries the idea of "man". Dictionaries list 佰 under this radical.
Why do Chinese checks use 佰 instead of 百?
Simple numerals like 一 or 百 can be changed with a few added strokes, which makes fraud easier. Complex forms like 壹, 贰 and 佰 are much harder to alter, so banks and accountants require them for written amounts.
What are the other banker's numerals that go with 佰?
The full set includes 壹 (1), 贰 (2), 叁 (3), 肆 (4), 伍 (5), 陆 (6), 柒 (7), 捌 (8), 玖 (9), 拾 (10), 佰 (100) and 仟 (1,000). For example, 叁佰伍拾元 (sān bǎi wǔ shí yuán) means 350 yuan.