12
Keyword
eight
  • eight radical (no. 12)
Frequency
#92
Strokes
2
Grade
1
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
8
Readings
ハチ65%
や24%
やっ6%
よう6%
Mnemonic
Two brush strokes sweep apart like a hand fan being opened, each spreading wide, and the pair is counted as eight.
Stroke order
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
十じゅう八はち
eighteen; 18
Numeric
八はち月がつ
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Noun
八はち
eight; 8
Numeric
八はち十じゅう
eighty; 80
Numeric
三さん十じゅう八はち度ど線せん
38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)
Noun
百ひゃく八はち十じゅう度ど
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
Noun
八や重え
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
No-adjective
八はち分ぶ音おん符ぷ
8th note; eighth note; quaver
Noun
八やつ当あたり
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
Noun
八よう日か
8th day of the month; eight days
Noun
十じゅう八はち日にち
18th day of the month; 18 days
Noun
二に十じゅう八はち日にち
28th day of the month; 28 days
Noun
八はち本ほん
eight (long cylindrical things)
Noun
八はち幡まん
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine
Noun
十八番おはこ
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
Noun
八やっつ
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
Numeric
八パー
eight
Numeric
八はち王おう子じ
Hachiōji (city)
Noun
八はっ方ぽう
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
Noun
八や千ち代よ
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
Noun
八はっ丁ちょう
skillfulness
Noun
胸むな突つき八はっ丁ちょう
the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period
Noun
八や雲くも
thick clouds; classical Japanese poetry
Noun
八百長やおちょう
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
Noun