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八 kanji
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ハチハツ
Kun readings
ややつやっつよう
Words with 八
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —伝持の八祖the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
- —付法の八祖the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
- —八幡大菩薩Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
- —八方ふさがりbeing boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
- —歌舞伎十八番repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
- —手八丁口八丁eloquent and skilled (worker)
- —八進細分記号octave device
- —関東十八檀林eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
- —三八式歩兵銃Arisaka Type 38 rifle
- —口八丁手八丁both eloquent and skilled
- —八十の手習いyou're never too old to learn
- —八時間労働制eight-hour working day system
- —八方丸く収まるto end amicably for everyone involved; to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction; to be settled without hard feelings on any side
- —南無八幡大菩薩O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
- —桃栗三年柿八年it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
- —八方手を尽くすto try all possible means
- —四国八十八箇所88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
- —娘一人に婿八人being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter
- —南総里見八犬伝Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs
- —口も八丁手も八丁both eloquent and skilled