八
八 — eight
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 2
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #92 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- はち hachi
- はち hachi
- Kun'yomi
-
- や ya
- や.つ ya.tsu
- やっ.つ ya.tsu
- よう you
- や ya
Example words
- 八日 youka eighth day
Words that use 八
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.