八

Usage notes
Minor strokes in the shape of or, as in the top of  and , can be referred by this radical (but in many cases, it is a false friend). These are often written as in modern texts. Compare /, and different forms of /.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/八

Glyph origin

 * 八 is two bent lines indicating the original meaning of "to divide". This character is later borrowed to mean "eight" because of homonymy, making the original meaning obsolete (now represented by and ).

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) eight
 * 2) many; numerous
 * 3)  pearl
 * 4) to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
 * 5)  nosey; meddling
 * : Ba
 * : Ba
 * : Ba

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 2
From. Cognate to.

Definitions

 * 1)  to divide; to differentiate

Etymology 1
From.

Numeral

 * 1) eight, 8

Noun

 * 1) eight

Etymology 2
From, from.

The ablaut form of, which it doubles.

Noun

 * 1) eight

Etymology
From.