八 Radical 12 丷
| 12 | 八 | 2 | 八 | bät | bā | eight.⁵ (See 捌 bät). 八宝[八寶] bät-bāo bābǎo eight treasures (ingredients of certain dishes). 八宝粥[八寶粥] bät-bāo-jūk bābǎozhōu mixed congee.²³ 八八六十四 bät-bät-lùk-sìp-xï bābāliùshísì 8 times 8 equals 64. 八骏[八駿] bät-dün bājùn eight legendary horses of King Mu of Zhou (周穆王 Jiü Mùk Võng Zhōu Mù Wáng).¹¹ 八卦 Bät-gä Bāguà Eight Trigrams (see 八卦 bät-gä under 卦 gä); to gossip. 八戒 bät-gäi bājiè <Buddhisim> the first eight of the Ten Prohibitions. 八九不离十[八九不離十] bät-giū-būt-lĩ-sìp bājiǔbùlíshí <topo.> quite close; about right. 八抬大轿[八抬大轎] bāt-hõi-ài-gèl bātáidàjiào large sedan chair carried by eight people.¹⁴ 八爪鱼[八爪魚] bät-jāo-nguĩ bāzhuǎyú octopus.¹¹ 八旗 Bät-kĩ Bāqí "Eight Banners" (military administrative system of the Man nationality).⁶ 八棱 bät-lẽin bāléng an octagon; something of irregular shape.⁵⁴ 八面玲珑[八面玲瓏] bāt-mèin-lẽin-lũng bāmiànlínglóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations).⁵ |
bat2 | 605 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 2 | 八 | bāt | bā | Kangxi radical 12; eight.
(composition: ⿰丿乀(GHT) or ⿰丿乁(JKV)) ; U+516B or U+2F0B). 八字 bāt-dù bāzì the character for eight; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling. 八字脚[八字腳] bāt-dù-gëk/ bāzìjiǎo splayfoot. 八字帖 bāt-dù-hēp bāzìtiě <trad.> eight-character paper exchanged at betrothal ceremony in arranged marriages (stating birth information of the betrothed boy or girl expressed in eight Chinese characters).⁶ 八极拳[八極拳] bāt-gèik-kũn bājíquán Bajiquan "Eight Extremes Fist" – Martial Art.¹⁰ 八九不离十[八九不離十] bāt-giū-būt-lĩ-sìp bājiǔbùlíshí about right; be not far out; be pretty close; be very near.⁸ 八角 bāt-gôk bājiǎo anise; star anise. 八角鼓 bāt-gôk-gū bājiǎogǔ a small octagonal drum; <thea.> a form of folk entertainment. 八仙 Bāt-xëin or Bät-xëin Bāxiān <Dao> Eight Immortals.⁶ 八仙过海[八仙過海] Bāt-xëin-gö-hōi or Bät-xëin-gö-hōi Bāxiān guòhǎi The Eight Immortals crossing the sea.⁶ 八仙庆寿剑[八仙慶壽劍] Bät-xëin-hëin-siù-gëm Bāxiān qìng shòu jiàn Eight Immortals Sword to Celebrate Longevity. 八夤 bāt-yĩn bāyín the regions beyond the 九州 Giū-Jiü Jiǔzhōu Jiuzhou, or bounds of ancient China.¹⁴ <台> 八仙枱[八仙檯] Bāt-xëin-hôi/ octagonal table. |
bat1 | 602 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 公 | gûng | gōng | <台> 公仔书[公仔書]
gûng-dōi-sï/ comic book. <又> gūng, güng. (See 公 gūng, 公 güng.) |
gung5 | 5335 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 公 | güng | gōng | public; common; metric;
impartial; official affairs; duke; the revered; husband's father; male; Gong
surname.⁵ 公道 güng-ào gōngdao fair; just; reasonable; impartial.⁵ 公鸭[公鴨] güng-äp gōngyā male duck; drake.⁶ 公尺 güng-chëk gōngchǐ meter.⁵ 公祭 güng-däi gōngjì public memorial ceremony.⁸ 公爵 güng-dēk gōngjué duke.⁸ 公斤 güng-gïn gōngjīn kilogram (kg.); kilo.⁶ 公公 güng-güng gōnggong husband's father; father-in-law; <topo.> grandfather; grandpa, grandad.⁵ 公共 güng-gùng gōnggòng public; common; communal.⁵ 公帑 güng-hōng gōngtǎng public treasury; public funds.³⁹ 公主 güng-jī gōngzhǔ princess.⁵ 公里 güng-lî gōnglǐ kilometer.⁵ 公文 güng-mũn gōngwén official document.⁶ 公元 güng-ngũn gōngyuán CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini).¹⁰ 公安 güng-ön gōng'ān public security.⁵ 公式 güng-sēik gōngshì formula.⁵ 公署 güng-sì or güng-sï gōngshǔ government office.⁵ 公撮 güng-tōt gōngcuō milliliter.¹⁰ 公司 güng-xü gōngsī company; corporation.⁵ 公园[公園] güng-yõn gōngyuán park.⁵ <又> gūng, gûng. (See 公 gūng, 公 gûng.) |
gung2 | 5307 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 公 | gūng | gōng | 盲公饼[盲公餅] mãng-gūng-bēng mánggōngbǐng manggong cake
(originally made in Foshan, Guangdong by a blind man).¹⁵ <台> 盲公 mãng-gūng blind man, a blind person. <台> 盲公竹 mãng-gūng-jūk guide stick for the blind. <台> 耍盲公 sā-mãng-gūng blind man's buff. <又> güng, gûng. (See 公 güng, 公 gûng.) |
gung1 | 5297 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 兮 | hãi | xī | (a particle which adds a
certain mood, like modern 啊 in the middle or at the end of a line of
poetry.) 脏兮兮[髒兮兮] döng-hãi-hãi zāngxīxī very much soiled; very dirty. 风萧萧兮易水寒,壮士一去兮不复还. [風蕭蕭兮易水寒,壯士一去兮不復還.] füng-xël-xël-hãi Yèik-suī-hõn, jöng-xù-yī-huï-hãi-būt-fùk-vãn. fēngxiāoxiāoxī Yìshuǐhán, zhuàngshìyīqùxī bùfùhuán. The wind is wailing, cold the river Yi, and a hero sets forth, never to return. 归去来兮[歸去來兮] gï-huï-lõi-hãi guīqùláixī I'm going home! I'm homeward bound. 倩兮 sèn-hãi qiànxī How graceful she looks! 惨兮兮[慘兮兮] tām-hãi-hãi cǎnxīxī sad-looking. 魂兮归来[魂兮歸來] vũn-hãi-gï-lõi húnxīguīlái may the spirit of the deceased come back to us.⁶ |
hai3 | 5460 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 兯 | hòn | hàn | gugyeol or kwukyel
("phrase parting"), a system for rendering texts written in
Classical Chinese into understandable Korean.¹⁵ Hanja for gugyeol is 口诀[口訣] hēo-gût kǒujué. From Korean 구결
(gugyeol 口訣), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (kʰúw-kwet "mnemonic rhyme"),
from 口 ("mouth") + 訣 ("rhymed saying").³⁶ ( U+516F). |
hon4 | 6765 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 六 | lùk | liù | six. (composition: ⿱亠八;
U+516D or U+F9D1). 六百 lùk-bāk liùbǎi six hundred. 六谷[六穀] lùk-gūk liùgǔ or 菉谷[菉穀] lùk-gūk lǜgǔ maize.¹⁴ 六翮 lùk-hàt liùhé principal feathers of the wing.¹⁴ 六六三十六 lùk-lùk-xäm-sìp-lùk liùliùsānshíliù 6 (times) 6 (is) 36. 六月 lùk-ngùt liùyuè June. 六月飞霜[六月飛霜] lùk-ngùt-fï-söng liùyuè fēishuāng frost flying in the sixth moon – unjust charge/verdict; miscarriage of justice.⁶ 六书[六書] lùk-sï liùshū the six categories of Chinese characters 汉字[漢字] hön-dù hànzì Hanzi types: 象形 dèng-yẽin xiàngxíng pictograph, 指事 jī-xù zhǐshì self-explanatory characters, 会意[會意] vòi-yï huìyì associative compounds, 形声[形聲] yẽin-sëin xíng-shēng semantic-plus-phonetic, 转注[轉注] jōn-jî zhuǎnzhù figurative extension of meaning, 假借 gā-dëh jiǎjiè phonetic loan (characters). 六十 lùk-sìp liùshí sixty. 六十有奇 lùk-sìp-yiû-gï liùshíyǒujī 60-odd.⁶ 六亲不认[六親不認] lùk-tïn-būt-ngìn liùqīnbùrèn to refuse to have anything to do with all one's relatives; to be cold and arrogant. |
luk4 | 10159 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 4 | 六 | lùk | lù | 六安 Lùk-ön Lù'ān Lu'an a city in 安徽
Ön-fï Ānhuī
Anhui Province. |
luk4 | 10160 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 6 | 共 | gùng | gòng | common; same; all;
collectively; to share; to work together; together. 公共 güng-gùng gōnggòng public; communal. 共轭[共軛] gùng-äk gòng'è <math.> conjugate.⁵ 共产[共產] gùng-chān gòngchǎn communist. 共产党[共產黨] Gùng-chān-ōng Gòngchǎndǎng Communist Party. 共同 gùng-hũng gòngtóng common; together, jointly.⁵ 共鸣[共鳴] gùng-mẽin gòngmíng resonance (physics); sympathetic response to something.¹⁰ 共和 gùng-võ gònghé republicanism; republic.⁵ 同甘共苦 hũng-gäm-gùng-fū tónggāngòngkǔ to share joy and sorrow. 和平共处[和平共處] võ-pẽin-gùng-chuî hépínggòngchǔ peaceful coexistence. |
gung4 | 5334 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 6 | 兲 | hëin | tiān | (<old>=天 hëin tiān) sky, heaven; god,
celestial.⁸ (composition: ⿱王八; U+5172) 兲朝 hëin-chẽl tiāncháo The Celestial Empire; China.³⁶ (See 天 hëin.) |
hein2 | 6093 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 6 | 𠔉 ❄ |
kūn | juàn | a roll.⁸ (=𢍏❄{⿱釆廾} kūn juàn to roll rice into a
ball).³⁶ (old form of 卷; 卷字头; phonetic in 拳券豢).¹ (composition: ⿱八夫; U+20509). Note: In writing, the two strokes of the top component should slant in, not flare out, as shown. They should resemble the top component of 卷 kūn juàn. (cf with 龹 {⿱丷夫}; U+9FB9} kūn-dù-hẽo juànzìtóu a component. (See 卷 kūn; 捲 kūn; 𢍏❄{⿱釆廾} kūn). |
kun1 | 8917 | 
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| 12 | 八 | 6 | 龹 | kūn dù hẽo |
juàn zì tóu |
卷字头[卷字頭]
kūn-dù-hẽo juànzìtóu the
top component of 卷 kūn juàn. (cf with 𠔉 {⿱八夫;
U+20509} kūn juàn a roll.⁸) (composition: ⿱丷夫); U+9FB9). ❄ ❄ ❄ |
kun1 du4 heo3 |
8941 | 
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| 12 | 八 | 7 | 兵 | bëin | bīng | soldiers; an army; weapons;
military; warlike. 兵不血刃 bëin-būt-hüt-yìn bīngbùxuèrèn to win without firing a shot. 兵碛[兵磧] bëin-dēik bīngqì <geol.> moraine.⁵⁴ 兵卒 bëin-dūt bīngzú soldiers.¹⁴ 兵法 bëin-fāt bīngfǎ art of war; military strategy and tactics.⁵ 兵荒马乱[兵荒馬亂] bëin-föng-mâ-lòn bīnghuāngmǎluàn turmoil and chaos of war.⁵ 兵符 bëin-fũ bīngfú commander's seal or tally.¹¹ 兵饷[兵餉] bëin-hēng bīngxiǎng (=军饷[軍餉] gün-hēng jūnxiǎng) <trad.> soldier's pay and provisions.⁶ 兵器 bëin-hï bīngqì arms, weapons, weaponry.⁶ 兵力 bëin-lèik bīnglì military strength; troops. 兵役 bëin-vèik or bëin-yèik bīngyì military service.¹¹ 兵戎 bëin-yũng bīngróng arms; weapons.⁵ 民兵 mĩn-bëin mínbīng people's militia; militia. 哨兵 säo-bëin shàobīng a sentinel or sentry.⁷ 收兵 siü-bëin shōubīng withdraw troops; call off a battle.⁵ 卫兵[衛兵] vì-bëin wèibīng guard; bodyguard. 援兵 yõn-bëin yuánbīng reinforcements. |
bein2 | 708 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 7 | 𠔊 ❄ |
chẽng | cháng | <old> long.² (composition: ⿱丘八; U+2050A). <又> jēng. (See 𠔊❄{⿱丘八} jēng). |
cheng3 | 1556 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 7 | 𠔊 ❄ |
jēng | zhǎng | (<old> to grow; to
increase; oldest; elder, senior; chief.⁹⁴).² (composition: ⿱丘八; U+2050A). <又> chẽng. (See 𠔊❄{⿱丘八} chẽng). |
jeng1 | 7669 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 8 | 典 | ēin | diǎn | canon; law; standard work
of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of;
to mortgage or pawn. 字典 dù-ēin zìdiǎn dictionary; character dictionary.¹⁰ 典范[典範] ēin-fàn diǎnfàn model; example; paragon; paradigm. 典章 ēin-jëng diǎnzhāng decrees and regulations; institution.⁸ 典礼[典禮] ēin-lâi diǎnlǐ celebration; ceremony.⁸ 典雅 ēin-ngâ diǎnyǎ elegant; refined.⁶ 典当[典當] ēin-öng diǎndàng to pawn. 典型 ēin-yẽin diǎnxíng typical, model. 古典 gū-ēin gǔdiǎn classical. 庆典[慶典] hëin-ēin qìngdiǎn celebration.¹⁰ 引经据典[引經據典] yîn-gëin-guï-ēin yǐnjīngjùdiǎn quote the classics; copiously quote authoritative works.⁵ |
ein1 | 2843 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 8 | 具 | guì | jù | <wr.> provide,
furnish, fix; tool, utensil, implement; <m.> (for coffins, dead bodies,
certain instruments); <wr.> capability, ability; have posess; write
out, state.⁶ 初具规模[初具規模] chö-guì-kï-mõ chūjùguīmó to begin to take shape.¹⁰ 家具 or 傢具 or 傢俱 gä-guì jiājù furniture.¹¹ 谨具[謹具] gīn-guì jǐnjù respectfully submitted by.¹¹ 具报[具報] guì-bäo jùbào make a written report.¹¹ 具备[具備] guì-bì jùbèi possess; have; be provided with.⁵ 具体[具體] guì-hāi jùtǐ concrete; specific; particular.⁵ 具有 guì-yiû jùyǒu possess; have; be provided with.⁵ 工具 güng-guì gōngjù tool; means; instrument; implement.⁵ 器具 hï-guì qìjù utensil, implement, appliance.⁶ 玩具 ngòn-guì wánjù toy; plaything.⁵ 才具 tõi-guì cáijù <wr.> capability; ability; talent.⁵⁴ |
gui4 | 5161 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 8 | 其 | kĩ | qí | his (her; its; their); he
(she, it, they); that, such.⁵ 自行其是 dù-hãng-kĩ-sì zìxíngqíshì to go one's own way, to act willfully.⁶ 自牖执其手[自牖執其手] dù-yiù-jīp-kĩ-siū zìyǒuzhíqíshǒu grasped his hand through the window.¹⁴ 其间[其間] kĩ-gän qíjiān in; among; in between; between.⁷ 其廑至矣 kĩ-gīn-jï-yì qíjǐnzhìyǐ he was so industrious.¹¹ 其他 kĩ-hä qítā the others; the rest.⁷ 其状峨峨[其狀峨峨] kĩ-jòng-ngõ-ngõ or kĩ-jòng-ngũ-ngũ qízhuàng'é'é charming shape.⁶ 其中 kĩ-jüng qízhōng among (which, them); in (which, it).⁵ 其乐无穷[其樂無窮] kĩ-lòk-mũ-kũng qílèwúqióng The joy is boundless.⁷ 其貌不扬[其貌不揚] kĩ-mào-būt-yẽng qímàobùyáng unimposing in appearance; ugly; ill-favored.⁶ 其如余何 kĩ-nguĩ-yĩ-hõ qírúyúhé what harm can they do me?¹⁴ 其实[其實] kĩ-sìt qíshí actually, in fact; as a matter of fact.⁵ 其情可悯[其情可憫] kĩ-tẽin-hō-mûn or kĩ-tẽin-hō-mêin qíqíngkěmǐn His case deserves sympathy.⁵ 其次 kĩ-xü qícì next; secondly; the next in order; besides.⁷ 其事遂寝[其事遂寢] kĩ-xù-xuì-tīm qíshìsuìqǐn The matter was then allowed to rest; No more was heard of the matter thereafter.⁵ 其余[其餘] or 其馀[其餘] kĩ-yĩ qíyú the others; the rest.⁷ |
ki3 | 8546 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 9 | 㒸 | xuì | suì | The ROC Ministry of
Education has the following definitions:
➀ with comp. ⿱丷豕, =听从[聽從] hëng-tũng tīngcóng obey; listen to; comply with. ➁ with comp. ⿱丷豕, =岁[歲] xuï suì year; year (of age); <wr.> year (for crops); <wr.> time. ➂ with comp. ⿱八豕, =遂 xuì suì satisfy, fulfil; succeed; <wr.> then; thereupon. (the shape of the character is the same as the image on the right). (composition: ⿱丷豕; U+34B8). |
xui4 | 16086 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 10 | 兼 | gëm | jiān | to unite; to combine; to
connect; and; double; simultaneously. 兼办[兼辦] gëm-bàn jiānbàn to handle simultaneously. 兼并[兼併] gëm-bèin jiānbìng to annex (territory or property); merger. 兼差 gëm-chäi jiānchāi moonlighting; side job; concurrent post or job. 兼程 gëm-chẽin jiānchéng to travel at double speed. 兼金 gëm-gïm jiānjīn high-grade gold. 兼职[兼職] gëm-jēik jiānzhí to hold two or more posts concurrently; to be heir to two branches of a family. 兼爱[兼愛] gëm-öi jiān'ài universal love; fraternity. 兼收并蓄[兼收併蓄] gëm-siü-bèin-chūk jiānshōubìngxù to incorporate things of diverse nature; to take in everything; to absorb/swallow anything and everything.⁶ 兼容 gëm-yũng jiānróng compatible. |
gem2 | 4507 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 13 | 兾 | kï | jì | (=冀 kï jì to look forward to; to
hope for; to wish.³⁶) (composition: ⿱丷異 (G) or ⿱八異 (TJK); U+517E). (See 冀 kï). |
ki2 | 8503 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 16 | 冀 | kï | jì | ➀ <lit.> hope; long
for; look forward to ➁ another name
for 河北 Hõ-bāk Héběi
Hebei Province; ➂ Ji surname.⁵ (composition: ⿱北異; U+5180). (variant: 兾 kï jì). 希冀 hï-kï xījì hope for; look forward to.⁵ to long for; to hope.¹⁴ <lit.> to hope; to wish.³⁶ 冀及之 kï-gèp-jï jìjízhī hoped to reach it.¹⁴ 冀幸 kï-hàng jìxìng to wish another good luck.¹⁴ 冀图[冀圖] kï-hũ jìtú hope/long for; desire.⁶ 冀州 kï-jiü jìzhōu one of the nine divisions of ancient China, consisted of lands north of the Yellow River, including the modern province Hebei, and the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin.¹⁵ʼ²⁰ 冀中平原 Kï-jüng-pẽin-ngũn Jìzhōngpíngyuán Central Hebei Plain.⁶ 冀其成功 kï-kĩ-sẽin-güng jìqíchénggōng look forward to success of somebody or something.⁵ 冀求 kï-kiũ jìqiú hope to get/gain.⁶ 冀望 kï-mòng jìwàng <lit.> hope; long for.⁶ 冀能有成 kï-nãng-yiü-sẽin jìnéngyǒuchéng We hope the matter will turn out successful.⁷ 无冀[無冀] mũ-kï wújì <lit.> to be hopeless; to be without hope.³⁶ (See 兾 kï). |
ki2 | 8504 | |||
| 12 | 八 | 20 | 㒹 | ëin | diān | (demotic character for 顛
ëin diān) the top,
the highest spot, the head; to fall, to topple, to upset; to jolt, to bump;
upside down; mad, lunatic.⁷ (composition: ⿰真真; U+34B9). Older form: ⿰眞眞, not found in Unicode.¹⁰¹ (See 顛 ëin). |
ein2 | 2867 |