八 — Chinese character
八
bā
eight; all around, all sides
- Pinyin
- bā
- Radical
- 12 ⼋ (Eight)
- Strokes
- 2
- Formation
- ideographic — Two bent lines meaning "to divide"
- Japanese
- 八 as a kanji
Common words with 八
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen; 18 |
| 八卦 | bā guà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经 (Yì jīng); gossip |
| 胡说八道 (胡說八道) | hú shuō bā dào | to talk rubbish |
| 八成 | bā chéng | eighty percent; most probably |
| 乱七八糟 (亂七八糟) | luàn qī bā zāo | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled |
| 八十 | bā shí | eighty; 80 |
| 王八蛋 | wáng bā dàn | bastard; son of a bitch |
| 王八 | wáng ba | softshell turtle; cuckold |
| 三八 | sān bā | International Women's Day 妇女节 (Fù nǚ jié), 8th March; foolish |
| 八字 | bā zì | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling |
| 四面八方 | sì miàn bā fāng | (idiom) all directions; all around |
| 八戒 | bā jiè | the eight precepts (Buddhism) |
English words written with 八
八 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 20
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.