8

Glyph origin
A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ). See for more.

Symbol

 * 1) The cardinal number eight.
 * 2) A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.
 * 3)  tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)

Alternative forms
The following are equivalent forms as digits:

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

Verb

 * 1)  abbreviation of
 * i 8 it &mdash; I ate it.

Usage notes

 * Used in the formation of several text messaging slang forms of words with in them, due to it being the pronunciation of  in English. See also, ,.