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八

八 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (数字) 8。二の三乗。
  2. (古・日本のみ)漠然と数が大きいこと。多いこと。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

指事。二つに分かれる線を記したもの。「わかれる」を意味する漢語｛別｝を表す字。仮借して「やっつ」を意味する漢語｛八｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハチElem.
  • ハツ
Kun (native)
  • やElem.
  • や(つ)Elem.
  • やっ(つ)Elem.
  • ようElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • な
  • は
  • はっ
  • やち
  • やつ
Other languages
  • 拼音ba1
  • 拼音ba2
  • 한글pal
  • Hán-ViệtBát

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
2 strokes
Radical
八(はち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+516B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰丿乀

Words using this kanji

  • 八はち二の三乗、即ちやっつを表す数。七の次で九の一つ前。8。エイト。eight, 8
  • 八幡はちまん「八幡神（八幡大神）」「八幡宮、八幡神社」の略。 中世期に日本で活動した海賊の通称。 誓って。絶対。断じて。Hachiman (god of war), Hachiman shrine, certainly
  • 八重やえ「やえ」の漢字表記。eightfold, octuple, multilayered, doubled
  • 八方はっぽう八つの方角。東西南北と北東、南東、南西、北西。 方方、多方面。all sides, the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions, large hanging paper lantern
  • 八分音符はちぶおんぷ8th note, eighth note, quaver
  • 八丁はっちょう一丁、または一町歩の八倍。 （八つのものを使えるほど）達者であること。何かに巧みであること。skillfulness
  • 八千代やちよvery long period, forever, eight thousand years
  • 八百屋やおや野菜や果物を売る店。野菜や果物を売る人greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop, jack of all trades
  • 八つ当たりやつあたりventing one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
  • 八重桜やえざくらdouble-flowered cherry tree, double cherry blossoms
  • 八つやっつeight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 八本はちほんeight (long cylindrical things)
  • 八幡宮はちまんぐうshrine dedicated to Hachiman, Hachiman shrine
  • 八百長やおちょう勝負事に見せかけて事前に示し合わせた通りに事を運ぶこと。match fixing, put-up job, fixed game
  • 八百万やおよろず一万の八百倍。8,000,000。myriad, countless things
  • 八景はっけいある国や地域で八ヶ所の景勝。eight picturesque sights
  • 八千草やちぐさvariety of plants, various herbs
  • 八パー二の三乗、即ちやっつを表す数。七の次で九の一つ前。8。エイト。eight
  • 八掛はっかけlining for cuffs and hem of a kimono
  • 八苦はっく生、老、病、死の四つの苦に、さらに愛別離苦、怨憎会苦、求不得苦、五陰盛苦の四つを加えたもの。the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-1-1
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8000.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o0.1
Heisig
8
Nelson
577