Surname · Chinese · hanzi

百

“two hundred”

百 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese.

Chinese and hanziWritten in Chinese characters script.

Meaning & origin

What it means

百 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k), meaning “two hundred.”

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Where it comes from

百 comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

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How it developed

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).

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百Bai

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