八
eight
2 strokes
Dict coverage rank #268 U+516B
How 八 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two bent lines meaning "to divide"
How to remember it
eight · Heisig RSH #8
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 八 as their sound component
These characters all use 八 (bā) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八 sound component | bā | eight; all around, all sides |
| 办 | bàn | to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle |
| 扒 | bā | to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl |
| 叭 | bā | trumpet |
| 趴 | pā | prone, lying down, leaning over |
Words containing 八
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八公山区 | Bā gōng shān Qū | Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 八分之一 | bā fēn zhī yī | one eighth |
| 八公山 | Bā gōng shān | see 八公山區|八公山区[Ba1 gong1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 八面体 | bā miàn tǐ | octahedron |
| 八小时工作制 | bā xiǎo shí gōng zuò zhì | eight-hour workday system |
| 八加一 | bā jiā yī | (slang) alcohol; liquor (euphemistic substitute for 酒[jiu3], from 8+1=9, 九[jiu3] being a h… |
| 八相成道 | bā xiàng chéng dào | the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism) |
| 一二八事变 | Yī èr bā Shì biàn | January 28 Incident (1932), military conflict between China and Japan in Shanghai |
| 三八线 | sān bā xiàn | 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea |
| 正儿八经 | zhèng ér bā jīng | serious; earnest; real; true |
| 八行书 | bā háng shū | formal recommendation letter in eight columns |
| 三八 | sān bā | International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid |
| 八法 | bā fǎ | eight methods of treatment (TCM) |
| 五花八门 | wǔ huā bā mén | myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of |
| 八月之光 | Bā yuè zhī Guāng | Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4]) |
| 江八点 | Jiāng bā diǎn | Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] eight propositions on developing relations between … |
| 八开 | bā kāi | octavo |
| 高八度 | gāo bā dù | an octave higher (music) |
| 八风 | bā fēng | see 八風穴|八风穴[ba1 feng1 xue2] |
| 八正道 | bā zhèng dào | the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) |