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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
- —熊さん八つあんthe average Joe; the man in the street
- —青春十八きっぷSeishun 18 ticket; seasonally available railway ticket for 5 days of unlimited travel on non-Shinkansen JR trains
- —南總里見八犬傳Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs
- —八方丸くおさまるto end amicably for everyone involved; to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction; to be settled without hard feelings on any side
- —腹八分目に医者要らずeating moderately keeps the doctor away
- —なくて七癖あって四十八癖every person has their eccentricities