八
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[edit] Translingual
| simpl. and trad. | |||
| 八 | |||
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[edit] Etymology
八 is two bent lines that signal divide. Eight is the single-digit number that can be divided by two the greatest number of times.
[edit] Han character
八 (radical 12 八+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹人 (HO), four-corner 80000){{#if:八|[[Category:Han characters}}|八00八]]
- eight
- all around, all sides
- KangXi radical 八
[edit] Usage notes
Minor strokes in the shape of ハ/八, as in the top of 劵, can be referred to 八. These are very frequently simplified to 丷. Contrast 劵/券, and different forms of 鬲/鬲. 掏出來八日。
[edit] Descendants
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 126, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1450
- Dae Jaweon: page 274, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 241, character 3
- Unihan data for U+516B
Numbers in Chinese culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Numbers in Chinese culture- http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm
[edit] See also
[edit] Cantonese
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| 八 | |||
[edit] Etymology
From Old Chinese *pret, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ryat (compare Classical Tibetan brgyad)
[edit] Hanzi
八 (Yale baat3)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Number
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| Cardinal : 八 | ||
[edit] Noun
[edit] Etymology
The ablaut form of 四 (yo, “four”), which it doubles.
[edit] Noun
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
- On: はち (hachi)
- Kun: や (ya), やつ (八つ, yatsu), やっつ (八つ, yattsu), よう (yō)
- Nanori: な (na), は (ha), はっ (hat), はつ (hatsu), やち (yachi), やつ (yatsu)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
八
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 팔 (revised: pal, McCune-Reischauer: p'al, Yale: phal)
- Name (hangeul): 여덟 (revised: yeodeolp, McCune-Reischauer: yŏdŏl, Yale: yetelp)
[edit] Mandarin
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[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Cardinal number
八 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bā)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] References
- 2000, Shao, Jingmin (ed.), HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
[edit] Min Nan
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| 八 | |||
[edit] Pronunciation
- (vernacular, Quanzhou) IPA: [ pəʔ˩˩ ]
- (vernacular, Xiamen) IPA: [ pueʔ˩˩ ]
- (vernacular, Zhangzhou) IPA: [ peʔ˩˩ ]
- (literary) IPA: [ pat˩˩ ]
- (literary) IPA: [ bat˩˩ ]
[edit] Noun
八 (traditional and simplified, POJ poeh, peh or pat)
[edit] Usage notes
- peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc.
[edit] Verb
八 (traditional and simplified, POJ pat or bat)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- 2000, 台灣話大詞典 (Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), ISBN 9573240785:
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
[edit] Wu
[edit] Pronunciation
Latin Alphabet: buh
Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅuh
- Chinese digits
- Chinese numbers
- Chinese numerals
- Cantonese definitions needed
- yue:Numbers
- Japanese nouns
- Grade 1 kanji
- Japanese kanji
- 1000 Japanese basic words
- Japanese numbers
- Japanese numerals
- Korean hanja
- Korean definitions needed
- ko:Numbers
- Mandarin cardinal numbers in simplified script
- Mandarin cardinal numbers in traditional script
- Mandarin cardinal numbers
- Chinese hanzi
- cmn:Beginning Mandarin
- cmn:Beginning Mandarin in traditional script
- cmn:Beginning Mandarin in simplified script
- Mandarin entries with audio links
- Min Nan nouns in simplified script
- Min Nan nouns in traditional script
- Min Nan nouns
- Min Nan verbs in simplified script
- Min Nan verbs in traditional script
- Min Nan verbs
- nan-cn:Numbers
- nan-tw:Numbers
- Vietnamese Han tu
- Vietnamese definitions needed