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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)
八面 はちめん

eight faces

八荒 はっこう

the national boundaries

八重垣 やえがき

fences within fences

八千代 やちよ

very long period

八福 はちふく

the Beatitudes

八方ふさがり はっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides

八方美人 はっぽうびじん

everybody's friend

百八の鐘 ひゃくはちのかね

night-watch bell

お八つ おやつ

between-meal snack

四十八手 しじゅうはって

the 48 basic techniques

十八番 おはこ

one's favourite party trick (favorite)

八本 はちほん

eight (long cylindrical things)

八分目 はちぶめ

eight-tenths

八千年 はっせんねん

8000 years

八丁 はっちょう

skillfulness

八洲 やしま

Japan

八手 やつで

fatsi (Fatsia japonica)

八つ切り やつぎり

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)

七転八倒 しちてんばっとう

tossing oneself about in great pain

四方八方 しほうはっぽう

in all directions

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