Glyph Origins

Radical ⽩ (106)

白 (U+767D)

?{白} *bˤrak “white”

Unknown.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (625-626)

百 (U+767E)

{一百} *ʔit pˤrak “one hundred” → {百} *pˤrak “hundred”

Initially the word {百} was written phonetically as *PAK. The glyph ONE was added to represent the compound {一百}, giving the ligature 百. Later this ligature began to be used for the morpheme {百} itself.

  • 張秉權 1975 - 甲骨文中所見的「數」