Meanings

Eight

Radicals

八

Decomposition

？

Etymology

Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 2

Stroke Order

1 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハチ hachi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

や ya

やっ ya

よう you

Words Using This Kanji

253 words total

Other (7 words)

八千代国際大学やちよこくさいだいがく

Yachiyo International University

八十日間世界一周はちじゅうにちかんせかいいっしゅう

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)

八戸学院大学はちのへがくいんだいがく

Hachinohe Gakuin University

八洲学園大学やしまがくえんだいがく

Yashima Gakuen University

一か八かいちかばちか

sink or swim

八巻はちまち

turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom

四苦八苦しくはっく

being in dire distress

や (6 words)

八百長やおちょう

match fixing

八つ時やつどき

two o'clock (old time system)

八木アンテナやぎアンテナ

Yagi antenna

八つ子やつご

octuplet

八つ口やつくち

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

八つやっつ

eight

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