Cangjie code for 八

Cangjie decomposition of 八: 竹人 (HO)
竹人
HO

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竹
人

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Pronunciation & meaning

Pronunciation
Mandarinㄅㄚ bā
Cantonesebaat3
Taiwanesepat
Meaning
eight; all around, all sides
Kangxi Radical
八 · 2 strokes

Common words

  • 八戒bā jièthe eight precepts (Buddhism)
  • 十八shí bāeighteen; 18
  • 八角bā jiǎoanise; star anise
  • 八卦bā guàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip
  • 胡說八道hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
  • 四通八達sì tōng bā dároads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
  • 四面八方sì miàn bā fāng(idiom) all directions; all around
  • 王八wáng basoftshell turtle; cuckold

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