八

See also 入, and 丷

Translingual

simpl. and trad.
八

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.

Han character

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

1. eight
2. all around, all sides
3. 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
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 〇  一  二  三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十
• (Chinese financial form): 捌

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Cantonese

simpl. and trad.
八

Etymology

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

Hanzi

八 (Yale baat3)

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Hakka

Hanzi

八 (POJ pat, Guangdong pat⁷, Hagfa Pinyim bad5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Number

Japanese cardinal numbers

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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

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 (hat), 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
Eumhun:

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

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

Numeral

八

1. (cardinal) eight

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
八

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: [ pa˥˥ ]

Numeral

八 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bā)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) eight

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 七転八倒 八字髭 間八 四苦八苦 七転八起 一八

References

• 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:

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
八

Pronunciation

• (vernacular, Quanzhou) IPA: [ pəʔ˩˩ ]
• (vernacular, Xiamen) IPA: [ pueʔ˩˩ ]
• (vernacular, Zhangzhou:) IPA: [ peʔ˩˩ ]
• (literary) IPA: [ pat˩˩ ]
• (literary) IPA: [ bat˩˩ ]

Noun

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

1. eight

Usage notes

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

Verb

八 (traditional and simplified, POJ pat or bat)

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

See also

• trad. 認識, simpl. 认识 (jīn-sek) to know somebody

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

八 (bát, bắt)

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Wu

Pronunciation

Latin Alphabet: buh

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅuh