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八

eight
Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingハチ、ハツ
Kun readingや、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. eightRtK
    八つeight thingstatoeba
    八月Augusttatoeba
  1. 8

Popular Usage

八つ八日八百屋お八

Radicals and components

Radical八eight

Compound words

八つやっつ
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
八百屋やおや
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades
八百万やおよろず
myriad; countless things
鶴岡八幡宮つるがおかはちまんぐう
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, the principal Shinto shrine of Kamakura.
八月はちがつ
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
八年はちねん
eight years
八百はっぴゃく
800
尺八しゃくはち
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
十八じゅうはち
eighteen; 18
八方はっぽう
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
八丁はっちょう
skillfulness
八幡はちまん
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; certainly
八重やえ
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
八重桜やえざくら
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
八千代やちよ
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
十八番おはこ
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte; No. 18; eighteenth
八分音符はちぶおんぷ
8th note; eighth note; quaver
八つ当たりやつあたり
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
丸八まるはち
Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
八卦はっけ
eight trigrams (divination signs)
八紘はっこう
the eight directions
八朔はっさく
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
八時はちじ
eight o'clock
八十はちじゅう
eighty

On Reading Examples

彼女は八歳のときにダンスを始めた。はち
She started dancing when she was eight.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

このゲームは八百長だ。やおちょう
This game is fixed.tatoeba
あのレースは八百長だった。やおちょう
The race was fixed.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は八方美人だ。
He's everybody's friend.tatoeba
彼は十中八九来るだろう。
He will come nine times out of ten.tatoeba
彼は十中八九会議に遅れる。
He is late for meetings nine times out of ten.tatoeba
彼は手八丁口八丁だ。
He is as ready to talk as to work.tatoeba
振八つ口を閉じた部分を人形と呼ぶ。
The closed Furiyatsukuchi is called Ningyo.wiki
表記は、八橋、八つ橋、八ッ橋とも。
It is written 八橋, 八つ橋 or 八ッ橋.wiki
八月十八日の政変
Coup of August 18wiki
又同八日之御状参着。
In addition, the letter arrived on 8th of the month.wiki
なお八幡市南北線は一般路線である。
This Yawata City North-South Bus Route was the publicly demonstrated route.wiki
なお八幡市南北線は6月30日の運行を持って終了する。
The Yawata City North-South Bus Route ceased its operation on June, 30, 2009.wiki

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 八

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