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Translingual [edit]

simpl. and trad.
Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

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.

Han character [edit]

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

  1. eight
  2. all around, all sides
  3. KangXi radical

Usage notes [edit]

Minor strokes in the shape of ハ/八, as in the top of , can be referred to 八. These are very frequently simplified to . Contrast /, and different forms of /. 掏出來八日。

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

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Cantonese [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

From Old Chinese *pret, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ryat (compare Classical Tibetan brgyad)

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale baat3)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ pat, Guangdong pat7, Hagfa Pinyim bad5)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Number [edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : 八

(はち, hachi)

  1. eight, 8

Noun [edit]

(hiragana はち, romaji hachi)

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

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ya)

  1. eight

Related terms [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: pal, McCune-Reischauer: p'al, Yale: phal)
  • Name (hangeul): 여덟 (revised: yeodeolp, McCune-Reischauer: yŏdŏl, Yale: yetelp)

Numeral [edit]

  1. (cardinal) eight

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

Numeral [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) eight

Compounds [edit]

References [edit]

  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

Min Nan [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, POJ poeh, peh or pat)

  1. eight

Usage notes [edit]

  • peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc.

Verb [edit]

(traditional and simplified, POJ pat or bat)

  1. to know somebody; to recognize
  2. to be familiar with

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(bát, bắt)



Wu [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Latin Alphabet: buh

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅuh