八 — eight

Grade 1 kanji · 2 strokes · on'yomi hachi · kun'yomi yat·tsu.

Two strokes spreading apart — like two legs walking away from each other.

Example words

• 八つ — yattsu — eight things
• 八月 — hachigatsu — August

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