Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 2

Meaning: eight, eight radical (no. 12)

Kunyomi: や.つ やっ.つ よう

Onyomi: ハチ ハツ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はち

Meaning: eight

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

月(はちがつ)   August

時間(はちじかん)   8 hours

(しゃくはち)   bamboo flute

回(はっかい)   8 times

分(はっぷん)   8 minutes

百(はっぴゃく)   800

つ(やっつ)   8 (objects)

百屋(やおや)   greengrocer

重桜(やえざくら)   double-flowered cherry-tree

日(ようか)   8 days, 8th of the month

Onyomi Examples

ハチ eight, 8

8月 ハチガツ August, eighth month of the lunar calendar

ジュウハチ 18, eighteen

シャクハチ shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio

鳶尾 イチハツ wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis

Kunyomi Examples

はち eight, 8

やえ multilayered, doubled

やっつ eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)

つ当たり やつあたり venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on

やっつ eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)

8日 ようか 8th day of the month, eight days