Onyomi: ハチ, ハツ · Kunyomi: や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう · Meanings: eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Kanji for eight, eight radical no 12
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The kanji 八 originally came from the image of two lines spreading outward from a single point. In ancient writing, it symbolized “to divide” or “to separate,” as if things were branching apart. Over time, it came to represent the number eight, a lucky number in many cultures because of its balanced and open shape. The widening lines of 八 express expansion, growth, and good fortune spreading in all directions.
Two lines open wide like spreading branches — 八 means eight, a number of balance, expansion, and good luck.
Picture two paths opening outward — that’s 八, the number eight, symbolizing endless growth and opportunity.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 八 | はち | eight, 8 | common JLPT-N5 Numeric |
| 八 | パー | eight | Numeric |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 八つ | やっつ | eight | common JLPT-N5 Numeric |
| 喧しい | やかましい | noisy, loud, clamorous, boisterous | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| ８日 | ようか | 8th day of the month | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 八百長 | やおちょう | match fixing, put-up job, fixed game | Noun |
| ８月 | はちがつ | August | common Noun |
| ８０ | はちじゅう | eighty, 80 | common Numeric |
| 八つ当たり | やつあたり | venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |