三桁(さんけた)

さんけた
noun
three digits; three-digit number
number
1. three digits; three-digit number
A number in the hundreds — one that has three places (100–999). 桁(けた) counts digits or decimal places, so 三桁(さんけた) means three places.
パスワードは三桁(さんけた)の数字(すうじ)だ。
The password is a three-digit number.
売上(うりあげ)がついに三桁(さんけた)に届(とど)いた。
Sales finally reached three digits (the hundreds).
Multiplying two-digit numbers can give a three-digit answer.

桁(けた) means a digit or decimal place, so 三桁(さんけた) is a number with three places — the hundreds, from 100 to 999. The pattern extends to other counts of digits.

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