八
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[edit] Translingual
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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)
- eight
- all around, all sides
- KangXi radical 八
[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
[edit] Cantonese
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[edit] Etymology
From Old Chinese *pret < Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ryat (compare Classical Tibetan brgyad)
[edit] Hanzi
八 (Yale baat3)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Number
[edit] Noun
[edit] Etymology
The ablaut form of 四 (yo), “‘four’”), which it doubles.
[edit] Noun
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[edit] Kanji
八 (grade 1 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
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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] Hanzi
八 (pinyin bā (ba1), Wade-Giles pa1)
[edit] Cardinal number
八 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bā)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] References
- Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). 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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[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] Vietnamese
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[edit] Wu
[edit] Pronunciation
IPA:
Latin Alphabet: buh
Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅuh
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