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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
- —八方円満to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied
- —熊公八公uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
- —八大明王eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
- —二十八宿28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
- —八種競技octathlon
- —八万四千many; 84,000
- —関東八州the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
- —十八羅漢the eighteen arhats
- —正八胞体tesseract
- —正八面体regular octahedron
- —五時八教division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
- —十八檀林eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
- —八丈宝貝chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry
- —八端織りtwilled fabric
- —法華八講Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)
- —八角茴香star anise (Illicium verum)
- —百八煩悩the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions
- —八月大名the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers
- —二八蕎麦soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
- —八方破れfull of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)