Chinese symbol for “eight”
八
bā
eight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eight is 八 (bā), defined as: eight.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “eight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捌 | bā | eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral); split |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eight”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.