bǎi
number #52,793

Meanings

  1. 1 hundred (formal/anti-fraud form of 百)

Examples

HSK 6
Zhèngshì dānjù shàng bìxū yòng dàxiě de bǎi.
On official documents you must use the formal numeral form.
HSK 7-9
Zhīpiào shàng de jīn'é xiě zuò bā bǎi yuán.
The amount on the cheque is written as eight hundred yuan.

Tips

usage
is the anti-fraud form of (hundred), used on cheques and contracts so the amount cannot be altered. Everyday counting always uses .

Components

radical
rén
person
The side-form of the person radical ; originally meant the commander of a hundred soldiers, so the human element is part of its old military sense.
phonetic
bǎi
hundred
both supplies the reading and carries the meaning "hundred" directly, making this a rare case where the phonetic also gives the sense.

Stroke Order

bǎi