Kanji 八: "eight, eight radical (no. 12)"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 八

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 八はちeight; 8
• 十じゅう八はちeighteen; 18
• お八やつbetween-meal snack · mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
• 八やつ当あたりventing one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
• 四し方ほう八はっ方ぽうall directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters
• 八やっつeight · eight years of age
• 十じっ中ちゅう八はっ九くin 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
• 一いちか八ばちかsink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
• 八やつ裂ざきtearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
• 八はち本ほんeight (long cylindrical things)
• 四し苦く八はっ苦くbeing in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money) · the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
• 八はち分ぶeight-tenths · ostracism; casting someone out

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