Meanings
Eight
Radicals
Decomposition
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Etymology
Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
253 words totalbeing besieged by suitors
you're never too old to learn
octagonal mirror
eating moderately keeps the doctor away
two eights
two eights
Hachiōji (city)
eight winds
eight-hour day
eight-hour working day system
the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
about 80%
standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)
standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
autofellatio
fixed match
octagonal burial mound (Kofun period)