Keyword
eight
- all around
- all sides
- Frequency
- #1058
- Strokes
- 2
Readings
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Mnemonic
Two bent lines meaning "to divide"
Stroke order
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
八
eight
十八
eighteen; 18
八月
August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
八卦
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经 (Yìjīng); gossip; gossipy
胡说八道
to talk rubbish
八路军
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
八成
eighty percent; most probably; most likely
乱七八糟
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
八十
eighty; 80
王八蛋
bastard; son of a bitch
王八
softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel
三八
International Women's Day 妇女节 (Fùnǚjié), 8th March; foolish; stupid
八字
the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
四面八方
(idiom) all directions; all around
八仙
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
八戒
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
八旗
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金 (HòuJīn) from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
八角
anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal; Fructus Anisi stellati
八国联军
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
五花八门
myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
八方
the eight points of the compass; all directions
二八
16; sixteen
八度
octave
八哥
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)