Kanji1 / 2
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
- —南無八幡O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy
- —七花八裂being torn to pieces
- —八丁味噌hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture
- —八時間制eight-hour day
- —鬼も十八even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- —一人尺八autofellatio
- —八丈方言Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language
- —八都県市Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama
- —七転八起not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds
- —六死八生six die but eight live
- —丸八証券Maruhachi Securities
- —十八銀行Eighteenth Bank, Limited
- —八州廻りKantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector
- —胸突き八丁the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period
- —中台八葉院center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
- —天竜八部衆the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
- —インド八哥common myna (Acridotheres tristis); Indian myna; common mynah; Indian mynah
- —八十八箇所88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
- —第八脳神経eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
- —旗本八万騎the Tokugawa shogunate's eighty thousand guards (comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals)