八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
2 / 2
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:2
JLPT:5
Frequency:92
Vocabulary
ハチ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三十八度線 | サンジュウハチドセン | 38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea) |
| 十八 | ジュウハチ | eighteen; 18 |
| 八月 | ハチガツ | August; eighth month of the lunar calendar |
| 十八番 | ジュウハチバン | one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays |
| 八幡 | ハチマン | Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; certainly |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八釜しい | やかましい | noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous; much talked of; much-discussed; vexed; strict; severe; stern; particular; fussy; fastidious; fault-finding; carping |
| 一八 | じゅうはち | eighteen; 18 |
| 八つ当たり | やつあたり | venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on |
| 八千代 | やちよ | very long period; forever; eight thousand years |
| 八日 | ようか | 8th day of the month; eight days |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
人
person
Grade 1JLPT 5
入
enter, insert
Grade 1JLPT 5
丈
Mr., Ms., all (one has), height, length, measure, merely, only, stature, ten shaku, that's all
Grade 8JLPT N/A
久
long time, old story
Grade 5JLPT 2
大
big, large
Grade 1JLPT 5
及
cause, exercise, exert, reach out
Grade 8JLPT 1
水
water
Grade 1JLPT 5
欠
fail, gap, lack, yawning radical (no. 76)
Grade 4JLPT 3
反
anti-
Grade 3JLPT 3
又
furthermore, on the other hand, or again
Grade 8JLPT 1