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八 - bā

eight; all around, all sides

eight; all around, all sides

How to read 八

Click 八 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englisheight; all around, all sides
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

八仙 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 八十. Please read 八卦 one more time.

Common words with this character

the Eight Immortals
eighty; 80
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
crested myna

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 八 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 八仙 and 八十 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 八.