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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 (20 words)
八紘 はっこう

the eight directions

八重の潮路 やえのしおじ

distant seas

八重歯 やえば

double tooth

八潮路 やしおじ

long sea voyage

八百万 やおよろず

myriad

八方 はっぽう

all sides

八つ当たりに やつあたりに

indiscriminately

八つ当たり やつあたり

venting one's anger (on someone or something)

八極拳 はっきょくけん

bajiquan (Chinese martial art)

八紘一宇 はっこういちう

universal brotherhood

八重咲き やえざき

double blossom

十中八九 じっちゅうはっく

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

八道 はちどう

the 8 districts of feudal Japan

八方丸く収まる はっぽうまるくおさまる

to end amicably for everyone involved

八つ手網 やつであみ

eight-armed scoop net

八角形 はっかくけい

octagon

八十路 やそじ

age eighty

八重桜 やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

八端 はったん

twilled fabric

四方八方 しほうはっぽう

in all directions

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