八
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八 as a 部首
八 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 18 under 八. Look a character up by the 八 radical
Potential verbal descriptions
- 八月的八
Words with 八
Starting with 八
- 八戒 eight precepts
- 八国联军 Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
- 八月 August
- 八路军 Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 八角 anise
- 八卦 gossip
- 八旗 Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金 hòujīn from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
- 八字 character 8 or 八
- 八成 eighty percent
- 八哥 crested myna
- 八十 eighty
- 八仙 Eight Immortals
Ending with 八
- 十八 eighteen
- 王八 softshell turtle
- 横七竖八 in disorder
- 二八 16
- 三八 foolish
- 杂七杂八 assortment
- 七七八八 almost
- 尺八 shakuhachi
- 丘八 soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character)
- 夹七夹八 completely mixed up
- 专八 TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC
- 保八 maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP
Containing 八
- 胡说八道 talk rubbish
- 四通八达 accessible from all sides
- 四面八方 all directions
- 乱七八糟 chaotic
- 七零八落 everything broken and in disorder
- 猪八戒 Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
- 五花八门 myriad
- 十之八九 most likely
- 三八线 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
- 七嘴八舌 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 七上八下 in a mess
- 二十八宿 twenty-eight constellations
Words with 八
Starting with 八
- 八戒 eight precepts
- 八國聯軍 Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
- 八月 August
- 八路軍 Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 八角 anise
- 八卦 gossip
- 八旗 Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金 hòujīn from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
- 八字 character 8 or 八
- 八成 eighty percent
- 八哥 crested myna
- 八十 eighty
- 八仙 Eight Immortals
Ending with 八
- 十八 eighteen
- 王八 softshell turtle
- 橫七豎八 in disorder
- 二八 16
- 三八 foolish
- 雜七雜八 assortment
- 七七八八 almost
- 尺八 shakuhachi
- 丘八 soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character)
- 夾七夾八 completely mixed up
- 專八 TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC
- 保八 maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP
Containing 八
- 胡說八道 talk rubbish
- 四通八達 accessible from all sides
- 四面八方 all directions
- 亂七八糟 chaotic
- 七零八落 everything broken and in disorder
- 豬八戒 Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
- 五花八門 myriad
- 十之八九 most likely
- 三八線 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
- 七嘴八舌 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 七上八下 in a mess
- 二十八宿 twenty-eight constellations
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- Make Me a Hanzi, from fonts by Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arphic Public License