Kanji 八 — "Eight"
Here is what 八 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Eight" stick.
How it is read
はち
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
やっつ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The kanji Eight and its component look similar but not exactly alike — don't worry, components often look slightly different!
- 八 Eight
Component number Eight looks like two legs stretched straight out.
Words that use 八
4 of 4 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 八 はち eight
- 八日 ようか 8th day, 8 days
- 八百屋 やおや greengrocer
- 八つ やっつ eight things
Want 八 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
