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八
JLPT N5 SL1 2 strokes Frequency: #92

Meanings

Eight

Radicals

八

Decomposition

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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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