八

八 eighth

Meanings: 8, eight, eighth On Readings: ハチ hachi Kun Readings: や ya, やっ（つ） yat(tsu), よう you Most Used Pronunciation: hachi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 八 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
八年間 - はち　ねん　かん hachi nen kan - 8 years (in length)
八月 - はち　がつ hachi gatsu - August (8th Month)
熊公八公 - くま　こう　はち　こう kuma kou hachi kou - Tom, Dick, and Harry

Useful Examples
Japanese: 町の一流のレストランの多くは八月いっぱいは休業する。
Romaji: machi no ichiryuu no resutoran no ooku wa hachigatsu ippai wa kyuugyou suru.
English: Many of the city's leading restaurants close down for the whole of August.

Look alike kanji
人

Notes/Mnemonic
If you have studied katakana (one of the Japanese 'alphabets'), you will notice this is the same as 'ha.' So hachi = 8

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.