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八 means 'eight'

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Strokes : 2    Radical number: 12    Frequency: 144   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-3    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 12   Begins 184 words   Used in 283 words   Used in 4120 names   Component in 181 kanji (14 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ハチ
Kun
   や   やつ   よう eight
Additional readings
Kun    やっつ
Name    な   は   はっ   はつ   やち   やつ
Variants
丷   ハ  
Notes
See why 公 (277: public) and 兼 (850: concurrent) stand out from all kanji with an on-duty 八 radical—and how one of those two characters turns the radical on its head.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 八 is used 9 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 八 is used 255 times, read 4 ways (with 8 variations).
Note: kanji quick view shows the most useful word for each reading which is also the most common variant, and in the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese. Words shown here draw from all words in Japanese and include less common forms.
ハチ : 96 words FIND ALL
は ち 2
numeric
eight  (捌 is used in legal documents)
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ハチ (read as はっ) : 79 words FIND ALL
noun
eight (long cylindrical things)
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ハチ (read as ぱち) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
1. three and eight
2. Arisaka Type 38 rifle  (see also: 三八式歩兵銃; abbreviation)
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ハチ (read as ばち) : 1 word FIND ALL
い ち か ば ち か 0
expression, 'no' adjective
sink or swim; all or nothing; high-stakes; desperate
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や : 59 words FIND ALL
や お や 0
noun
greengrocer
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よう : 1 word FIND ALL
よ う か 0
noun
1. the eighth day of the month
2. eight days
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やつ (read as やつ) : 8 words FIND ALL
や つ ぎ り 0
noun
octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts
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やつ (read as やっ) : 3 words FIND ALL
や っ つ 3
numeric
eight
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ぱっ: 1 word. FIND ALL
expression
full of lies
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は: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
the average Joe; the man in the street
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ばっ: 1 word. FIND ALL
し っ て ん ば っ と う 0 し っ て ん ば っ と う 0-0 し っ て ん ば っ と う 3-0
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony  (yojijukugo)
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はつ: 1 word. FIND ALL
い ち は つ 0
noun
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
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More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 8 (originally: 66)  Joy o' Kanji : 66  Key to Kanji: 867 

Cascading kanji view

八
ハチ   や    やつ    よう eight   
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