八

八 U+516B, 八 ← 兪[U+516A] CJK Unified Ideographs 公 →[U+516C] ⼋ U+2F0B, ⼋ ← ⼊[U+2F0A] Kangxi Radicals ⼌ →[U+2F0C] ㈧ U+3227, ㈧ ← ㈦[U+3226] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈨ →[U+3228] ㊇ U+3287, ㊇ ← ㊆[U+3286] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊈ →[U+3288] Stroke order Stroke order

八 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+0, 2 strokes, Cangjie input 竹人 (HO), four-corner 80000, composition ⿰丿乀(GHT) or ⿰丿乁(JKV))

1. Kangxi radical #12, ⼋.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №16

Minor strokes in the shape of 八 or 丷, as in the top of 𠔉 and 龹, can be referred by this radical (but in many cases, it is a false friend). These are often written as 丷 in modern texts. Compare 卷/卷, and different forms of 鬲/鬲.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/八
• 仈, 叭, 扒, 汃, 朳, 玐, 趴, 釟(𫓥), 尣, 分, 㕣, 䏌, 兌, 谷, 只, 穴, 䒔

• ハ (Katakana character derived from man’yōgana)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 126, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1450
• Dae Jaweon: page 274, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 241, character 3
• Unihan data for U+516B

Pictogram (象形): two bent lines indicating the original meaning of “to divide”. This character is later borrowed to mean “eight” because of homonymy, making the original meaning obsolete (now represented by 分 and 別).

Unrelated to the bottom part of 兵, 共, 具, and 興, in which it represents two hands holding an object. Also unrelated to 只 and 兑 in which it represents air coming out of a mouth. Unrelated to 貝. Eventually, unrelated to the bottom part of 其, 真, and 典, in which it represents the legs of a table.

trad. 八 simp. # 八 alternative forms 捌 financial

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rjat (“eight”). Compare Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad).

八

1. eight
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) many; numerous
   • 八方 (bāfāng, “all around; from every direction”)
3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. short for 八卦 (bāguà)
   1. to gossip (about); to stick one’s nose in
   2. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling 八婆 [Cantonese] ― baat3 po4 [Jyutping] ― nosey parker; meddling woman
5. a surname, Ba

Chinese numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012 Normal(小寫 / 小写) 〇, 零, 空 一, 蜀 二, 兩 / 两 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬 / 万,十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) 百萬 / 百万,桶(Philippines),面桶 (Philippines) 億 / 亿 兆 (Taiwan)萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China) Financial(大寫 / 大写) 零 壹 貳 / 贰 參 / 叁 肆 伍 陸 / 陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟

In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant 幺 for the numeral 一 in Mandarin.

Others:

• → Proto-Tai: *peːtᴰ (“eight”)
  • Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pɛːtᴰ
    • Thai: แปด (bpɛ̀ɛt)
    • Northern Thai: ᨸᩯ᩠ᨯ
    • Lao: ແປດ (pǣt)
    • Lü: ᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṗaed¹)
    • Tai Dam: ꪵꪜꪒ
    • Shan: ပႅတ်ႇ (pèt)
    • Tai Laing: ပျꧥတ်
    • Tai Nüa: ᥙᥦᥖᥱ (pǎet)
    • Phake: ပ︀ိတ︀် (pit)
    • Ahom: 𑜆𑜢𑜄𑜫 (pit)
  • Northern Tai
    • Bouyei: beedt
    • Tai Do: pẹt
    • Zhuang: bet
  • Central Tai
    • Nùng: pẻt
    • Tày: pét

trad. 八 simp. # 八

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat (“cut apart, cut open”). Cognate to 別／别 (bié).

八

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to divide; to differentiate

For pronunciation and definitions of 八 – see 捌 (“to know”).(This character is a variant form of 捌).

• “八”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-

Japanese cardinal numbers < 7 8 9 > Cardinal : 八

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: はち (hachi, Jōyō)←はち (fati, historical)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)←はつ (fatu, historical)
• Kun: や (ya, 八, Jōyō)、やつ (yatsu, 八つ, Jōyō)、やっつ (yattsu, 八つ, Jōyō)、よう (yō, 八, Jōyō †)←やう (yau, やう, historical)
• Nanori: な (na)、は (ha)、はっ (ha’)、はつ (hatsu)、やち (yachi)、やつ (yatsu)

Kanji in this term 八 はちGrade: 1 goon

From Middle Chinese 八 (MC peat). Compare literary Hokkien 八 (pat), Hakka 八 (pat).

• (Tokyo) はち [hàchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA(key): [ha̠t͡ɕi]
• Audio:(file)

• (Tokyo) Note: Generally, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 八 does not become deaccented with の and is still pronounced as:

• はちの
• Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

八(はち) • (hachi)

1. eight, 8

八(はち) • (hachi)

1. eight
2. short for 八の字
3. short for 八兵衛

Kanji in this term 八 やGrade: 1 kun’yomi

From Old Japanese 八 (ya), from Proto-Japonic *ya.

The ablaut form of 四 (yo, “four”), which it doubles. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

• (Tokyo) や [yáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA(key): [ja̠]

八(や) • (ya)

1. eight

• 大(おお)八(や)洲(しま) (ōyashima)
• 七転(ななころ)び八起(やお)き (nana korobi ya oki)
• 八重(やえ) (yae)
• 八重歯(やえば) (yaeba)
• 八(や)つ (yatsu)

Korean numbers (edit) 80 ← 7 8 9 → Native isol.: 여덟 (yeodeol) Native attr.: 여덟 (yeodeol) Sino-Korean: 팔 (pal) Hanja: 八 Ordinal: 여덟째 (yeodeoljjae)

From Middle Chinese 八 (MC peat).

Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 바ᇙ〮 (Yale: pálq) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 여듧 (Yale: yètùlp) 팔 (Yale: phál) Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 여ᄃᆞᆲ (Yale: yetolp) 팔 (Yale: phal)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [팔]

八 (eumhun 여덟 팔 (yeodeol pal))

1. hanja form? of 팔 (“eight”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

八: Hán Việt readings: bát[1][2][3] 八: Nôm readings: bát[1][2], bắt[1][3], bớt[1]

1. chữ Hán form of bát
   1. eight, octo- (Sino-Vietnamese compounds)
   2. Kangxi radical 12—‘eight’