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The kanji 八: meaning, readings and stroke order
八
- Meaning
- eight
- On reading
- ハチ hachi
- Kun reading
- や ya、や（つ） yatsu、やっ（つ） yattsu、よう* you
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 八 eight
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- số tám (bát)
- Japanese
- かずの はち。やっつ。
- Korean
- 여덟 (팔)
- Chinese
- 数字八
Readings, words and example sentences
ハチ hachi · on reading
八月
August
八月は うみで あそびます。
In August, I play at the beach.
や ya · kun reading · less common
八百屋
vegetable shop
八百屋に きれいな 花も あります。
The vegetable shop has pretty flowers too.
や（つ） yatsu · kun reading · less common
八つ当たり
taking your anger out on others
人に 八つ当たりを しては いけません。
Don't take your anger out on other people.
やっ（つ） yattsu · kun reading
八つ
eight (things)
あめが 八つ あります。
There are eight candies.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 八 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 八 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.