八

See also: 入 and 丷

Translingual

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simp. and trad.		八

Stroke order

Stroke order

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.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

八 (radical 12 八+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹人 (HO), four-corner 8000₀, composition ⿹丿乁)

1. KangXi radical 八

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。

Descendants

• ハ

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

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 零 or 〇， 一， 二， 三， 四， 五， 六， 七， 八， 九， 十， 百， 千， 萬／万， 億／亿
• (Chinese financial form): 捌

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		八

Etymology

From Old Chinese *pret, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat (“eight”) (compare Classical Tibetan brgyad)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): pat
• Min Nan (POJ): peh / poeh / pat
• Wu (WT Romanisation): paq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: pa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³
    • Yale: baat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /pat̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh / poeh / pat
    • Tâi-lô: peh / pueh / pat
    • IPA (Taipei): /peʔ³²/, /pueʔ³²/, /pat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /peʔ³²/, /pueʔ³²/, /pat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: paq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /pᴀʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (八, reconstructed)
Character (八), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 鎋 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 博拔切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɣɛt̚/	/pat̚/	/pɛt̚/	/pɯæt̚/	/pəɨt̚/	/pæt̚/	/pæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (八, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
八								bā								‹ pɛt ›								/*pˤret/								eight
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
八					89					八					月					2					八					/*preːd/

Numeral

八

1. eight

Usage notes

• (Min Nan) peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc. pat is literary and is used in expressions.

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 零 or 〇， 一， 二， 三， 四， 五， 六， 七， 八， 九， 十， 百， 千， 萬／万， 億／亿

Pronunciation

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat / bat
    • Tâi-lô: pat / bat
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²/, /bat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²/, /bat̚³²/

Verb

八

1. (Min Nan) to know somebody; to recognize
2. (Min Nan) to be familiar with

See also

• 認識／认识

References

• 2000, 台灣話大詞典　(Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), ISBN 9573240785:

Compounds

• 八角
• 八宝菜
• 八達
• 八辺形
• 八潮路
• 八道
• 八丁
• 八幡
• 八方
• 八分
• 八卦
• 八荒
• 八角形
• 八九不离十 (八九不離十)
• 八九分
• 八苦
• 八面
• 八千里路云和月 (八千里路雲和月)

• 八橋
• 八切
• 八日
• 八手
• 八朔
• 八月
• 八紘
• 八丈島
• 八重
• 八州
• 尺八
• 八字髭
• 間八
• 四苦八苦
• 一八

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Number

Japanese cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : 八

八 (はち, hachi)

1. eight, 8

Noun

八 (hiragana はち, romaji hachi)

1. eight
2. an abbreviation for 八の字
3. an abbreviation for 八兵衛

Etymology 2

The ablaut form of 四 (yo, “four”), which it doubles.

Noun

八 (hiragana や, romaji ya)

1. eight

Related terms

• 八つ
• 嘘っ八
• 一か八か

Kanji

八

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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 (ha' ), はつ (hatsu), やち (yachi), やつ (yatsu)

Compounds

• 一八 (ichihatsu):
• 間八 (kanpachi):
• 尺八 (shakuhachi):
• 八橋 (yatsuhashi):
• 八手 (yatsude):
• 八切 (yatsugiri):
• 八角形 (hakkakkei): octagon
• 八掛 (hakkake):
• 七転八起 (shichitenhakki):
• 八九分 (hakkubu):
• 四苦八苦 (shikuhakku):
• 八苦 (hakku):
• 八卦 (hakke):
• 八月 (hachigatsu): August
• 八紘 (hakkou):
• 八荒 (hakkou):
• 八朔 (hassaku):

• 八字髭 (hachijihige):
• 八州 (hasshou):
• 八重 (yae):
• 八丈 (hachijou):
• 八丈島 (hachijoujima):
• 八達 (hattatsu):
• 八丁 (hasshou):
• 八潮路(yashioji):
• 七転八倒 (shichitenbattou):
• 八道 (hachidou):
• 八日 (youka):
• 八幡 (hachiman):
• 八分
• 八辺形 (hachihengei): octagon
• 八宝菜 (happousai):
• 八方 (happou):
• 八面 (hachimen):

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Korean

Hanja

八 (pal)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 팔 (McCune-Reischauer: p'al, Yale: phal)

• Name (hangeul): 여덟 (revised: yeodeolp, McCune-Reischauer: yŏdŏl, Yale: yetelp)

1. eight

Numeral

八 (pal) (hangeul 팔)

1. (cardinal) eight

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Vietnamese

Han character

八 (bát, bắt)

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References

• Nom Foundation