| 8 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 8 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 66 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 41 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 577 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 10 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 18 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 19 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 10 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 10 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 8 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3644 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1859 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2536 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 8 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1450 | Morohashi |
| 3 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 369 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 8 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 8 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 116 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 4 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
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Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 八 【ハチ】 eight, 8
- ８月 【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
- 十八 【ジュウハチ】 eighteen, 18
- 尺八 【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
- 鳶尾 【イチハツ】 wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis
Kun reading compounds
- 八 【はち】 eight, 8
- 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
- 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
- 八つ当たり 【やつあたり】 venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
- 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
- ８日 【ようか】 8th day of the month, eight days
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な、 は、 はっ、 やち、 やつ
- Korean:
- pal
Spanish
- ocho
- 8
Portuguese
- Oito
French
- huit
- radical huit (no. 12)
| 2062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-1 | SKIP code |
| 8000.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1157 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 仙 【セン】 hermit, wizard, wizardry
- 仙 【セント】 cent (monetary unit)
- 水仙 【スイセン】 daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis), narcissus
- 黄水仙 【キズイセン】 jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
- 仙 【セント】 cent (monetary unit)
- 仙洞御所 【セントウゴショ】 palace of a retired emperor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そま、 のり
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- ermitaño
Portuguese
- Eremita
- mago
- centavo
French
- ermite
- magicien
- centime
- sacrum
| 1490 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1025 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 359 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1959 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1036 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 228 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1891 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2064 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1880 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 59 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 36 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 20 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 995 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 374 | Morohashi |
| 32 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 120 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 986 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1061 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1038 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2176 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2227.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ed9 | Unicode hex code |