Kanji
八
kanji character
eight
eight radical (no. 12)
八 kanji-八 eight, eight radical (no. 12)
八
Meaning
eight and eight radical (no. 12)
Readings
Kun'yomi
- お や つ between-meal snack
- や かましい noisy
- や おや greengrocer
- やつ はし yatsuhashi
- やつ くち small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
- やつ ぎり octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)
- やっつ
- よう か 8th day of the month
On'yomi
- はち がつ August
- はち じゅう eighty
- じゅう はち eighteen
- いち はつ eighteen
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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一 か八 かsink or swim, all or nothing, hit or miss... -
嘘 っ八 total lie, downright lie -
嘘 っ八 百 full of lies -
嘘 八 百 pack of lies, complete fabrication, all lies - ウ ソ
八 百 pack of lies, complete fabrication, all lies - うそ
八 百 pack of lies, complete fabrication, all lies -
八 釜 しいnoisy, loud, clamorous... -
口 八 丁 voluble, eloquent -
三 十 八 度 線 38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea) -
四 苦 八 苦 being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money)... -
四 通 八 達 traffic network extending in all directions -
四 方 八 方 in all directions -
七 転 び八 起 きnot giving up, keeping at it until one succeeds, falling seven times... -
尺 八 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job... -
十 中 八 九 in 8 or 9 cases out of ten, in all probability -
十 八 eighteen, 18 -
一 八 chee fah, chiffa, gambling game in which players buy a lined paper with 36 words on it and try and guess the word the dealer has chosen -
村 八 分 ostracism, complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law) -
二 八 28, twenty eight, 4am -
八 つ当 たりにindiscriminately, recklessly -
八 つあたりにindiscriminately, recklessly -
八 つ橋 yatsuhashi, cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto), zigzag bridge -
八 ツ橋 yatsuhashi, cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto), zigzag bridge -
八 橋 yatsuhashi, cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto), zigzag bridge -
八 ッ橋 yatsuhashi, cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto), zigzag bridge -
八 つ口 small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) -
八 口 small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) -
八 つ手 網 eight-armed scoop net -
八 折 判 octavo (book format), 8vo -
八 つ折 り判 octavo (book format), 8vo