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) |
八
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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 咫尺 【シセキ】 very short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 咫 【あた】 distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
- 八咫 【やあた】 eight ata (approx. 144 cm), large, long
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
Portuguese
French
216 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
996 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3542 | Morohashi |
783 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3r6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
7680.8 | Four corner code |
1-51-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
54ab | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2042 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 烏克蘭 【ウクライナ】 Ukraine
- 烏焉魯魚 【ウエンロギョ】 miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word
- 屋烏 【オクウ】 crow perched on a roof
- 愛及屋烏 【アイキュウオクウ】 infatuation, doting
- 烏秋 【オウチュウ】 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- 烏滸 【オコ】 foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity
Kun reading compounds
- 烏 【からす】 crow (Corvus spp.), raven
- 烏河豚 【からす】 Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
- 闇夜に烏 【やみよにからす】 something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
- 八咫の烏 【やたのからす】 Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition), three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
- 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why
Readings
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- cuervo
Portuguese
French
- corneille
- corbeau
229 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1256 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
4088 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2811 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1963 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18998 | Morohashi |
3421 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1944 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2094 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4d6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-6-4 | SKIP code |
2732.7 | Four corner code |
1-17-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
70cf | Unicode hex code |