百 bǎi hundred; 100
Made up of [白 bái bright; clear; white radical 106, 一 yī one radical 1]Made with 6 strokes.
'bai' - bright gives phonetic while '1' on top suggests a number
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 白 bái component: 的 de (of) 皇 huáng (emperor) ; 怕 pà (to be afraid) ; 泉 quán (spring)
Also uses 一 yī component: 丙 bǐng (third in order) 不 bù (no; not) ; 丑 chǒu (shameful) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 德 dé (virtue) ; 画 huà (to draw) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 疆 jiāng (border) ; 开 kāi (begin) ; 丽 lì (beautiful) ; 两 liǎng (pair) ; 蒙 měng (Mongol) ; 灭 miè (to extinguish) ; 且 qiě (and) ; 世 shì (life) ; 与 yǔ (to give) ; 再 zài (again) ; 正 zhèng (correct)
Different tone
白 bái (bright)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
百闻不如一见 bǎi wén bù rú yí jiàn Delighted to meet you in person at last. Seeing at first hand gives valuable information. The story is of a Han dynasty veteran general Zhao Chongguo who went to see the situation for himself at the frontier rather than relying on secondhand reports. His wise analysis quickly solved the problem with the incursions of northern tribes百折不挠 bǎi zhé bù náo Persistence pays off in the end
海纳百川 hǎi nà bǎi chuān We all share a common destiny
漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū Full of mistakes and errors
杀一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi To warn many people by punishing a few. Making example punishments
十年树木,百年树人 shí nián shù mù, bǎi nián shù rén Studying may be slow and arduous but will be worth it