TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
百
character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
ㄅㄞˇ · bǎi
num — hundred; all kinds
字源 FORM — what the parts do
一義one — the counting stroke Tbái → bǎi — tone only
One (一) over 白 bái, which lends its sound with the tone bent — together they write the hundred. Past the literal count, a hundred stands for every kind: 百科, 百貨, 百姓.
意 · Meanings
(本義)一百— hundred常用
→百科、百貨— all kinds — the hundred as every
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension