八

Drawing of X516B 八 by Jisho ^[1]

X516B 八 is Unicode character number 20843, KanjiLiberal

八 may mean 8 (eight) and can be pronounced as r はち ,"Hachi". ^[2]

X516B 八 ^[3] is easy to confuse with
X2F0B ⼋ ^[4], KanjiRadical.

Hachioji

⼋王⼦図 ^[5]

Character X2F0B ⼋ or X516B 八 often appear in word ⼋王⼦ at the vehicle license plates.
This word refers to Hachioji, see the map.

Looking at this word, printed at the map, or at the road board, or a vehicle license plate, it is difficult to guess, are the first and last characters KanjiRadical or KanjiLiberal. The confusion may cause errors, mistakes, accidents.

Jisho

Jisho ^[1] suggests the following description:

八
Kun: や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう
On: ハチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
..
八【ハチ】 eight
８月【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
十八【ジュウハチ】 18, eighteen
尺八【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
Kun reading compounds
八【はち】 eight
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)
八日【ようか】 eighth day of the month, eight days
Readings
Japanese names: な、は、はっ、はつ、やち、やつ ..

Nihongomaster

Nihongomaster ^[6] suggests the following description:

八 2 Strokes JLPT Level 5 Definition of 八 eight eight radical (no. 12) Readings

On'Yomi (音読み) ハチ

Kun'yomi (訓読み) ややつやっつよう

Popular Words With This Kanji 八月, ８月, はちがつ August

八幡, はちまん Hachiman (God of War), Hachiman shrine, certainly

八, ８, はち, や eight

十八番, 御箱, じゅうはちばん, おはこ No. 18, eighteenth, repertoire of 18 kabuki plays, one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty

八重, やえ multilayered, doubled

八つ, ８つ, やっつ, やつ eight

八千代, やちよ eternity, thousands of years

八丈, はちじょう plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

四苦八苦, しくはっく being in dire distress, being hard put to it, the four and eight kinds of suffering

八分, はっぷん eight minutes, triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail)

Ignorance

The dictionaries mentioned ignore encodcing of characters X2F0B ⼋ and X516B 八, do not even mention similarity of drawing of these characters, making dangerous illusion of simplicity.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20八八 2 strokes Radical: eight 八 Parts: ハ eight, eight radical (no. 12) Kun: や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう On: ハチ 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月【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar 十八【ジュウハチ】 18, eighteen 尺八【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio Kun reading compounds 八【はち】 eight 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) 八日【ようか】 eighth day of the month, eight days Readings Japanese names: な、は、はっ、はつ、やち、やつ ..
↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/8 8（八、捌、はち、は、ぱ、や）は、自然数または整数において、7の次で9の前の数である。英語ではeight（エイト）ラテン語では octo（オクトー）。
↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=516B 八 516B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516B Han Script id: restricted confuse: ⼋ , ハ
↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F0B ⼋ 2F0B KANGXI RADICAL EIGHT Han Script id: allowed confuse: 八 , ハ ..
↑ https://map.goo.ne.jp/map/latlon/E139.19.40.125N35.39.24.389/zoom/8
↑ https://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/kanji/2268/八八 2 Strokes JLPT Level 5 Definition of 八 eight eight radical (no. 12) Readings On'Yomi (音読み) Kun'yomi (訓読み) ハチややつやっつよう Popular Words With This Kanji 八月, ８月, はちがつ August // 八幡, はちまん Hachiman (God of War), Hachiman shrine, certainly // 八, ８, はち, や eight // 十八番, 御箱, じゅうはちばん, おはこ No. 18, eighteenth, repertoire of 18 kabuki plays, one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty // 八重, やえ multilayered, doubled // 八つ, ８つ, やっつ, やつ eight // 八千代, やちよ eternity, thousands of years // 八丈, はちじょう plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped) // 四苦八苦, しくはっく being in dire distress, being hard put to it, the four and eight kinds of suffering // 八分, はっぷん eight minutes, triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail)

https://www.kanjipedia.jp/kanji/0005677700/ 八常用漢字教育漢字 10級画数：(2) 部首：部首内画数0 4012 482C 音ハチ訓や・やつ・やっつ・よう意味 ①やっつ。数の名。やっつめ。「八景」「八方」 ②多くの。たくさん。「八百万(やおよろず)」「八千代」「八」の全画が片仮名の「ハ」になった。下つき尺八(シャクハチ)

Keywords

8, Confusion, Hachioji, Japanese, Kanji, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, Unicode, X2F0B ⼋ , X516B 八 ,

[jisho-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20八八 2 strokes Radical: eight 八 Parts: ハ eight, eight radical (no. 12) Kun: や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう On: ハチ 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月【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar 十八【ジュウハチ】 18, eighteen 尺八【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio Kun reading compounds 八【はち】 eight 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) 八日【ようか】 eighth day of the month, eight days Readings Japanese names: な、は、はっ、はつ、やち、やつ ..

[2] ttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/8 8（八、捌、はち、は、ぱ、や）は、自然数または整数において、7の次で9の前の数である。英語ではeight（エイト）ラテン語では octo（オクトー）。

[516b-3] ttps://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=516B 八 516B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516B Han Script id: restricted confuse: ⼋ , ハ

[x2f0b-4] ttps://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F0B ⼋ 2F0B KANGXI RADICAL EIGHT Han Script id: allowed confuse: 八 , ハ ..

[5] ttps://map.goo.ne.jp/map/latlon/E139.19.40.125N35.39.24.389/zoom/8

[6] ttps://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/kanji/2268/八八 2 Strokes JLPT Level 5 Definition of 八 eight eight radical (no. 12) Readings On'Yomi (音読み) Kun'yomi (訓読み) ハチややつやっつよう Popular Words With This Kanji 八月, ８月, はちがつ August // 八幡, はちまん Hachiman (God of War), Hachiman shrine, certainly // 八, ８, はち, や eight // 十八番, 御箱, じゅうはちばん, おはこ No. 18, eighteenth, repertoire of 18 kabuki plays, one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty // 八重, やえ multilayered, doubled // 八つ, ８つ, やっつ, やつ eight // 八千代, やちよ eternity, thousands of years // 八丈, はちじょう plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped) // 四苦八苦, しくはっく being in dire distress, being hard put to it, the four and eight kinds of suffering // 八分, はっぷん eight minutes, triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail)

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