八

• Alternate forms: 捌

• Radical: 八+0

• Stroke number: 2

• Stroke order
  1. The left-hand stroke is done, from top-right to bottom-left.
  2. The right-hand stroke is done, from top-left to bottom-right.

• Four-Corner System: 8000₀

• Cangjie input: 竹人 (HO)

• Graphical Significance and Origin:

• Common Meanings
  1. eight
  2. all around, all sides
  3. KangXi radical 八

• Chinese Numeral 八
  • Last: 七
  • Next: 九

Table of contents

1 Chinese Hanzi 2 Japanese Kanji 3 Korean Hanja 4 Dictionary Information 5 Technical Information

Chinese Hanzi

• Pronounciation
  • Mandarin
    • Pinyin: bā (ba1), lù (lu4)
    • Wade-Giles: pa¹, lu⁴
    • Yale:
  • Cantonese
    • Jyutping:
    • Penkyamp:
    • Yale: baat3

Japanese Kanji

• Readings
  • On: はち (hachi), はつ (hatsu)
  • Kun: やつ (yatsu), やたび (yatabi)

Korean Hanja

• Pronunciation: 팔

• Romanization
  • The 2000 South Korean Revised: pal
  • McCune-Reischauer: p'al

Dictionary Information

• KangXi: 0126.260
• Morobashi: 01450
• Dae Jaweon: 0274.130
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 10241.030