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JLPT N5 · Big numbers & money

八百

はっぴゃく

eight hundred

Stroke order of 八百

2 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

八 · 2 strokes百 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

The spreading 八 beside 百 gives eight hundred, like the old 'eight-hundred' greengrocer.

Parts: 八 eight + 百 hundred

The characters in 八百

  • 八 はち — eight (2 strokes)
  • 百 ひゃく — hundred (6 strokes)

Example sentence

八百円でお昼を食べました。

はっぴゃくえんでおひるをたべました。

I had lunch for 800 yen.

Words with 八

八eight八つeight (things)八日8th (of the month); eight days八月August八百屋greengrocer

Words with 百

百hundred三百three hundred六百six hundred百円100 yen五百円500 yen八百屋greengrocer百貨店department store

More words: Big numbers & money

二十twenty三百three hundred六百six hundred三千three thousand一万ten thousand百円100 yen五百円500 yen千円1,000 yen一万円10,000 yen二十歳twenty years old全部all; everything半分half

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