Word Meaning 五百

ごひゃく gohyaku

五百 is read as ごひゃく (gohyaku) and means many.

Meaning

English

many
500
five hundred

Reading

Kana

ごひゃく

Romaji

gohyaku

Writing Variants

500 ごひゃく gohyaku
5百ごひゃく gohyaku
五〇〇 ごひゃく gohyaku
五百いお io

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 106680 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五十歩百歩

ごじっぽひゃっぽ

six of one, half a dozen of the other

明日の百より今日の五十

あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

百五銀行

ひゃくごぎんこう

Hyakugo Bank

五

ご

five

五十

ごじゅう

fifty

五日

いつか

5th day of the month

五つ

いつつ

eight o'clock (old time system)

五月

ごがつ

May

五月雨

さみだれ

early-summer rain

五月

さつき

fifth month of the lunar calendar

五十日

いか

fiftieth day after the birth of a child

五十日

ごとおび

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

Example Sentences

万里の長城は五千五百マイル以上の長さがあります。

The Great Wall of China is more than 5,500 miles long.

百、二百、三百、四百、五百、六百、七百、八百、九百、千。

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, five hundred, six hundred, seven hundred, eight hundred, nine hundred, one thousand.

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