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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
- —十中八九in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
- —八紘一宇universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof
- —八方美人everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flunky; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
- —八面玲瓏beautiful from all sides; perfect serenity; affability
- —八面六臂competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms
- —百八の鐘night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year
- —四十八手the 48 basic techniques; every trick in the book; the 48 basic sexual positions
- —岡目八目bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
- —七転八倒tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
- —八方睨みstaring at or watching all sides
- —七難八苦the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; a series of disasters
- —弓矢八幡Hachiman, god of war and archery
- —八十八夜eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
- —八艘飛びleap up from the initial charge in order to surprise the opponent; (Minamoto Yoshitsune's legendary) eight ship leap
- —永字八法Eight Principles of Yong; principles for writing the eight basic brush strokes in Chinese characters
- —八大地獄The Eight Greater Hells
- —八百八町the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
- —腹八分目being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
- —八百八橋the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)
- —八百八寺the large number of temples in Kyoto; 808 temples