八角

Chinese

		eight	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (八角)		八	角
simp. #(八角)		八	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bājiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-kok
• Eastern Min (BUC): báik-gáe̤k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-kak / peh-kak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ gag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chiao³
    • Yale: bā-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajeau
    • Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ gok³
    • Yale: baat gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-kok
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` gog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ gog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² kok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-gáe̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kɔyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehkag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: peh-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehkag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁴ gag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih kak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ kak̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 八角

1. octagon
2. star anise (Illicium verum)

Synonyms

• (star anise): 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng), 大茴香 (dàhuíxiāng); (Min Dong, Min Nan) 八角香

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 八角

1. octagonal

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (八角):

• → Japanese: 八角(はっかく) (hakkaku)
• → Korean: 팔각(八角) (palgak)
• → Vietnamese: bát giác (八角)

Others:

• → Indonesian: pekak (from Hokkien)
• → Javanese: ꦥꦼꦏꦏ꧀ (pekak) (from Hokkien)
• → Thai: โป๊ยกั้ก (bpóoi-gâk) (from Teochew)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	角
はつ > はっ Grade: 1	かく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 八 ("eight") + 角 ("horn," "angle," "corner," "point") = "octagon"

Noun

八(はっ)角(かく) • (hakkaku) 

1. (geometry) octagon
2. (spice) star anise

Proper noun

八(はっ)角(かく) • (Hakkaku) 

1. a surname

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
八	角

Noun

八角

1. chữ Hán form of bát giác (“octagon”).