(きゅうひゃく)

きゅうひゃく
number
nine hundred
number
1. nine hundred (900)
The number 900. (きゅう) + (ひゃく), with no sound change.
九百(きゅうひゃく)(えん)なります
That comes to 900 yen.
This school has 900 students.
Applications topped 900, far exceeding expectations.

(きゅう) + (ひゃく). Both parts keep their normal shape.

Pronunciation

Always きゅうひゃく, never くひゃく. The く reading of (きゅう) survives only in fixed words such as 九月(くがつ) (September) and 九時(くじ) (nine o'clock).

Sound changes in the hundreds

Only 三百(さんびゃく), 六百(ろっぴゃく), and 八百(はっぴゃく) change; 九百(きゅうひゃく) and the rest are regular.

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