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 totalthe eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
kanji "eight" radical at top
28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
octathlon
to try all possible means
octagonal prism
octagon
eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects
80000
many
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
eighth (place, position, etc.)
Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri)
for millennia and millennia
in all directions