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八

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Number 3.2 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3.3.1 Noun 3.3.2 Related terms 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Cardinal number 5.3.1 Compounds 5.4 References 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.3 Usage notes 6.4 Verb 6.5 See also 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character 8 Wu 8.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

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八

Stroke order

[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)

1. eight
2. all around, all sides
3. KangXi radical 八

[edit] Descendants

• ハ

[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

• Chinese Numeral 八
  • Last: 七
  • Next: 九

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[edit] Cantonese

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八

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hanzi

八 (Yale baat3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Number

八 (はち, hachi)

1. eight, 8

[edit] Noun

八 (hiragana はち, romaji hachi)

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

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

八 (hiragana や, romaji ya)

1. eight

[edit] Related terms

• 八つ
• 嘘っ八
• 一か八か

[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

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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[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)

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[edit] Mandarin

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ pa˥˥ ]

[edit] Hanzi

八 (pinyin bā (ba1), Wade-Giles pa¹)

[edit] Cardinal number

八 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bā)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) eight

[edit] 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

[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.

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[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)

1. eight

[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)

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

[edit] See also

• (Mandarin) trad. 認識, simpl. 认识 (rènshi) to know somebody

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

八 (bát, bắt)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: buh

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅuh