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Chinese characters are broad and profound, each Chinese character can give birth to infinite meaning, the composition of each Chinese character is a big article, today I want to talk about two Chinese characters, these two words are very common in our lives, perhaps without careful study do not know what is the difference between the two words. Then I will test you, one is a "hundred" of ten million, one is a hundred with a single person, someone may have said that this is not a meaning? In fact, there is still a difference, do you know the difference?
The first is the "hundred" character that we commonly use, which is explained in the Shuowen Jiezi as "ten also." From a white. Number, ten hundred for consistency. "The birth of the hundred is through the form of numbers, the ancients invented numbers and counts, in ten units, the multiple of ten is a hundred, a hundred words can refer to a large number, can also represent a number of units, used to represent a hundred times.
Bai characters are usually regarded as 100 words of capitalization, such as when filling out any check in the bank, it is filled in with capital letters, because there have been cases of deface digital fraud in the past, and this kind of large letter with many strokes is not easy to modify. But the meaning of Bai is not limited to this, more than a single person, means related to people, in the "Commentary", Bai is also related to the army, on the one hand, it refers to the establishment of the army, in order to count the number of people, the army stipulates "ten people for what, a hundred people for Bai", on the other hand, Bai is also the title of the officer, "Bai, Xiang Shi Bai also." "Bai is a petty officer who manages a hundred men, also known as a centurion.
So the meaning of hundred and hundred is roughly the same, but there are still differences in use, hundred words we use more widely, any number related to we can use hundred, but the single person's hundred only uses a few special aspects, one is the military establishment and the official position of the army, the second is the bank finance, these two aspects must use this word. Of course, there is only one pronunciation of a hundred characters, but the word bai is a polysyllabic word, in addition to this one pronunciation, you can also read four sounds of bai, which means a field path, and Tian Lian Qian Bai describes the vast land. So don't look at the same meaning, and don't mess with it.
Chinese characters such as Baihe Bai are actually not in the minority, only one side stroke is different, but it has different meanings, such as Ji, Concubine, 杞 is just different but there is a world of difference, you can think of what similar words, you can share it in the comment area.