Kanji: 八

Words containing that kanji:

• 二八 - にっぱち - February and August (times of slow business, sluggish sales, etc.)
• 八重梔子 - やえくちなし | ヤエクチナシ - eightfold gardenia/Gardenia jasminoide
• 正八胞体 - せいはちほうたい - tesseract
• 第八脳神経 - だいはちのうしんけい - eighth brain nerve/nervus vestibulocochlearis/vestibulocochlear nerve
• 正八面体 - せいはちめんたい - regular octahedron
• 八進数 - はちしんすう - octal, base 8
• 八進細分記号 - はちしんさいぶんきごう - octave device
• 一か八か - いちかばちか - sink or swim
• 嘘っぱち | 嘘っ八 - うそっぱち - downright lie
• 嘘八百 - うそはっぴゃく - full of lies
• 嘘っ八百 - うそっぱっぴゃく - full of lies
• 八釜しい | 喧しい | 囂しい | 姦しい - やかましい | かしましい | かしがましい | かまびすしい - noisy/boisterous | strict/faultfinding/carping/fussy
• 四国八十八箇所 - しこくはちじゅうはっかしょ - 88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
• 八十八箇所 - はちじゅうはっかしょ - 88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
• 八戒 - はっかい | はちかい - the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon)
• 八品詞 - はちひんし - eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)
• 明治二十七八年戦役 - めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき - Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
• 口八丁 - くちはっちょう - voluble/eloquent
• 八岐大蛇 - やまたのおろち - eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
• 十八羅漢 - じゅうはちらかん - the eighteen arhats
• 八省 - はっしょう - the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
• 八脚の案 | 八足の机 | 八つ足の机 - やつあしのつくえ | はっそくのつくえ - eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
• 八姓 - はっせい - eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
• 八咫烏 - やたがらす - Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) | three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
• 八尋 - やひろ - great length/great size
• 関八州 - かんはっしゅう - eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
• 八幡神 - はちまんじん - Hachiman (God of War)
• 三十八度線 - さんじゅうはちどせん - the Thirty-eighth Parallel
• 八咫鏡 | 八咫の鏡 - やたのかがみ | やたかがみ - Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
• 八咫 - やあた | やた - eight ata (approx. 144 cm) | large/long
• 八咫の烏 - やたのからす - Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) | three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
• 八尋殿 - やひろどの - grand palace
• 関東八州 - かんとうはっしゅう - eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
• 八色姓 | 八色の姓 - やくさのかばね | はっしきのかばね - eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
• 四苦八苦 - しくはっく - being in dire distress/being hard put to it | the four and eight kinds of suffering
• 四通八達 - しつうはったつ - traffic network extending in all directions
• 四方八方 - しほうはっぽう - in all directions
• 八尺瓊勾玉 | 八尺瓊の勾玉 | 八尺瓊曲玉 | 八坂瓊曲玉 - やさかにのまがたま - large jewel/string of jewels | Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
• 八州 - はっしゅう - Japan | eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
• 大八洲国 - おおやしまぐに - Japan
• 八尺瓊 - やさかに - large jewel
• 八洲国 - やしまくに - Japan
• 大八洲 - おおやしま - Japan
• 七顛八起 | 七転八起 | 七転び八起き - ななころびやおき | しちてんはっき - the vicissitudes of life/ups and downs in life/always rising after a fall or repeated failures
• 十八禁 | １８禁 - じゅうはちきん - 18 certificate/R-18/restricted to those 18 years or older
• 尺八 - しゃくはち - shakuhachi/end-blown fippleless bamboo flute | blow job/oral sex (penis in mouth)/fellatio
• 千代に八千代に - ちよにやちよに - for millennia and millennia/for years and years/forever and ever
• 二十八星瓢虫 - にじゅうやほしてんとう | ニジュウヤホシテントウ - 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
• 十八 - じゅうはち - 18/eighteen
• 砂八目 - すなやつめ | スナヤツメ - far eastern brook lamprey (Lampetra reissneri)
• 八つ目 | 八目 - やつめ - eighth (place, position, etc.) | having eight eyes/having many eyes | (of a fabric) having a loose knit | lamprey | eight-holed arrow whistle
• 八万 - はちまん | やよろず - 80000 | many
• 十中八九 - じっちゅうはっく | じゅっちゅうはっく - 8 or 9 cases out of ten/in all probability
• 川八目 | 川八つ目 - かわやつめ | カワヤツメ - arctic lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)
• 八目鏑 | 八つ目鏑 - やつめかぶら - eight-holed arrow whistle
• 八識 - はっしき | はちしき - eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
• 八万四千 - はちまんしせん - 84000 | many
• 八十万 - はちじゅうまん | やそよろず - 800000 | many
• 八千 - はっせん | やち - 8000 | many
• 百八 - ひゃくはち - 108/one hundred and eight | the number of Kilesa, worldly thoughts and passions | the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
• 八家 - はっけ - the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects | eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian
• 三時のおやつ | ３時のおやつ | 三時のお八つ - さんじのおやつ - afternoon refreshment/afternoon tea
• 入唐八家 - にっとうはっけ - eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian (Enchin, Engyou, Ennin, Eun, Jougyou, Kuukai, Saichou, and Shuuei)
• 八角柱 - はっかくちゅう - octagonal prism
• 八宗 - はっしゅう - the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
• 八逆 | 八虐 - はちぎゃく - the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law
• 八角錐 - はっかくすい - octagonal pyramid
• 八哥鳥 - はっかちょう | ハッカチョウ - crested myna (species of mynah bird, Acridotheres cristatellus)
• インド八哥 - インドはっか | インドハッカ - common myna/Indian myna (species of mynah bird, Acridotheres tristis)
• 八角 - はっかく - octagon | star anise (spice) | sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
• 八方手を尽くす - はっぽうてをつくす - to try all possible means
• 八頭 - はちがしら - kanji "eight" radical at top
• 八百屋防風 - やおやぼうふう - Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
• 村八分 - むらはちぶ - ostracism
• 二十八宿 - にじゅうはっしゅく - twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
• 八種競技 - はっしゅきょうぎ - octathlon
• 鬼も十八番茶も出花 - おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな - just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
• 八大明王 - はちだいみょうおう - eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
• 天竜八部衆 | 天龍八部衆 - てんりゅうはちぶしゅう - the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
• 八部 - はちぶ - the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
• 八部衆 - はちぶしゅう - the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
• 二八 - にはち - sixteen
• 桃栗三年柿八年 - ももくりさんねんかきはちねん - it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions (lit: planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, plums take eight)
• 八つ手網 - やつであみ - eight-armed scoop net
• ８の字 | 八の字 - はちのじ - figure eight/figure of eight | shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
• 八九分 - はっくぶ - nearly/almost
• ８月 | 八月 - はちがつ - August
• 八朔 - はっさく - Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku) | 1st of August (lunar calendar)
• 八重雲 - やえぐも | やえくも - layers of clouds
• 八重歯 - やえば - double tooth
• 八端 - はったん - twilled fabric
• 八幡の不知藪 | 八幡の薮知らず - やわたのやぶしらず - labyrinth/maze
• 八百長 - やおちょう - put-up job/fixed game
• 八分音符 - はちぶおんぷ - 8th note
• 八方塞がり - はっぽうふさがり - all doors closed/blocked in every direction/cornered
• 八面六臂 - はちめんろっぴ - competent in all fields (lit: 8 faces and 6 arms)/very active in many fields/versatile/all-round
• 八つ時 - やつどき - (approx.) 2 o'clock (am or pm)
• 八つ口 | 八口 - やつくち - small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
• 八つ裂き - やつざき - tearing limb from limb/tearing apart/cutting (a person) to pieces
• 八極拳 - はっきょくけん - Eight Extremities Fist
• 八卦掌 - はっけしょう - eight trigrams palm/Ba Gua Zhang or Pa Kua Chang
• 八荒 - はっこう - the national boundaries
• 八重の潮路 - やえのしおじ - distant seas
• 八重桜 - やえざくら - double-flowered cherry tree/double cherry blossoms
• 八達 - はったつ - (roads) running in all directions/convenient transportation/ability in any line
• ８日 | 八日 - ようか - the eighth day of the month | eight days
• 八百屋 - やおや - greengrocer
• 八福 - はちふく - the Beatitudes
• 八方丸く収まる - はっぽうまるくおさまる - to find a solution (after struggle)
• 八面玲瓏 - はちめんれいろう - beautiful from all sides/perfect serenity/affability
• 八つあたりに - やつあたりに - indiscriminately/recklessly
• 八つ折り判 - やつおりばん - octavo
• 八角形 - はっかくけい | はっかっけい - eight-sided shape/octagon
• 八苦 - はっく - the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
• 八紘 - はっこう - the eight directions/the whole land/the whole world
• 八字髭 - はちじひげ - finely-trimmed moustache
• 八重垣 - やえがき - fences within fences
• 八千草 - やちぐさ - variety of plants/various herbs
• 八潮路 - やしおじ - long sea voyage
• 八幡宮 - はちまんぐう - Shrine of the God of War
• 八百万 - やおよろず - myriad/countless things
• 八辺形 - はちへんけい - octagon
• 八方美人 - はっぽうびじん - one who is affable to everybody/a flunky/person beautiful from all angles/everybody's friend/person who shows people what they want to see
• 八つ橋 | 八ツ橋 | 八橋 - やつはし - type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto)/cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie) | zigzag bridge
• 八つあたり | 八つ当たり - やつあたり - outburst of anger
• 八掛 - はっかけ - inside cloth used around cuff and hem
• 八卦 - はっけ - eight trigrams/divination signs
• 八紘一宇 - はっこういちう - universal brotherhood/all eight corners of the world under one roof
• 八十路 - やそじ - age eighty/one's eighties
• 八重咲き - やえざき - double blossom
• 八千代 - やちよ - eternity/thousands of years
• 八道 - はちどう - the 8 districts of feudal Japan
• 八幡知藪 | 八幡知らず - やわたしらず - labyrinth/maze
• 八百万 - はっぴゃくまん - eight million
• 八方 - はっぽう - all sides
• 八面 - はちめん - eight faces/all sides
• 八寸 - はっすん - distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm) | small serving dish | a kind of thick, traditional Japanese paper
• 八聖道 | 八正道 - はっしょうどう - Noble Eightfold Path (of Buddhism)
• 百八の鐘 - ひゃくはちのかね - night-watch bell/bells tolling out the old year
• グーグル八分 | Ｇｏｏｇｌｅ八分 - グーグルはちぶ - (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine
• 熊さん八っつあん | 熊さん八つあん - くまさんはっつあん - the average Joe/the man in the street
• 熊公八公 - くまこうはちこう - the average Joe/your average nice guy/Joe Blow/Joe Bloggs
• 八方円満 - はっぽうえんまん - to the satisfaction of all parties/all sides being happy and satisfied
• 手八丁 - てはっちょう - eloquence/cleverness in speaking
• 八分 - はちぶ - eight-tenths | casting someone out | type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
• 身八つ口 | 身八口 - みやつぐち - small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
• 南無八幡大菩薩 - なむはちまんだいぼさつ - O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
• 身八つ - みやつ - small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
• 中台八葉院 - ちゅうだいはちよういん - center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
• 四十八手 - しじゅうはって - the 48 basic sumo techniques/every trick in the book
• 手八丁口八丁 - てはっちょうくちはっちょう - eloquent and skilled (worker)
• 十八番 | 御箱 - じゅうはちばん | おはこ - No. 18/eighteenth | repertoire of 18 kabuki plays | one's favourite stunt (favorite)/one's specialty
• 八千年 | 八千歳 - はっせんねん | やちとせ - 8000 years/thousands of years/eternity
• 八つ | ８つ - やっつ | やつ - eight
• 八分目 - はちぶめ | はちぶんめ - eight-tenths
• 八 - はち | や - eight
• 八本 - はちほん | はっぽん - eight (long cylindrical things)
• 岡目八目 | 傍目八目 - おかめはちもく - bystander's vantage point/outsider's better grasp of the situation | onlookers see more of the game than the players do/lit: people watching a game of Go see 8 moves further ahead
• お八 | 御八つ | お八つ - おやつ - between meal snack | mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack/afternoon refreshment/afternoon tea
• 八百八橋 - はっぴゃくやばし - the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)
• 八百八寺 - はっぴゃくやでら - the large number of temples in Kyoto
• 八十代 - はちじゅうだい - the eighties (age, years, etc.)
• 八重八重 - やえやえ - multilayered
• 八丁 | 八挺 - はっちょう - skillfulness
• 八手 | 八つ手 - やつで - Japanese fatsia/Fatsia japonica/eight-fingered-leaf shrub
• 八洲 | 八島 - やしま - Japan
• 八つ切り | 八切 - やつぎり - octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)/cutting into 8 parts
• 八つ目鰻 | 八目鰻 - やつめうなぎ | ヤツメウナギ - lamprey/lamprey eel
• 七顛八倒 | 七転八倒 - しちてんばっとう | しってんばっとう - tossing oneself about in great pain/writhing in agony
• 腹八分目 - はらはちぶんめ - being moderate in eating/stopping short of stuffing oneself
• 八重旗雲 - やえはたぐも - banner clouds in layers
• 八丈島 - はちじょうじま - Hachijo Island
• 八幡 - はちまん - Hachiman (God of War) | Hachiman shrine | certainly
• 八郎潟 - はちろうがた - Lagoon Hachiro
• 八大地獄 - はちだいじごく - The Eight Greater (Buddhist) Hells
• 永字八法 - えいじはっぽう - the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters
• 十八金 - じゅうはちきん - 18-carat gold
• 間八 - かんぱち - great amberjack (fish, Seriola dumerili)/rudderfish
• 八百八町 - はっぴゃくやちょう - the whole enormous extent of Edo/from one side of Edo to the other
• 八十 - はちじゅう | やそ - eighty
• 八宝菜 - はっぽうさい - chop suey
• 目八分 - めはちぶん | めはちぶ - below eye level | about eight-tenths full
• 八分 - はっぷん - eight minutes | triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail)
• 八百 - はっぴゃく | やお - eight hundred | multitude/large number
• 八文字 - はちもんじ - (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
• 八景 - はっけい - eight picturesque sights
• 八方睨み - はっぽうにらみ - staring at or watching all sides
• 一八 | 鳶尾 - いちはつ - wall iris/roof iris/Iris tectorum/fleur-de-lis
• 八艘飛び - やそうとび - leap up from the initial charge in order to surprise the opponent (sumo)
• 胸突八丁 | 胸突き八丁 - むなつきはっちょう - the most trying spot or period/the most difficult period
• 八重 - やえ - multilayered/doubled
• 八面体 - はちめんたい - octahedron
• 百八十度 - ひゃくはちじゅうど - 180 degrees/complete change
• 七難八苦 - しちなんはっく - the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains | a series of disasters
• 腹八分 - はらはちぶ - eating moderately
• 歌舞伎十八番 - かぶきじゅうはちばん - repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
• 黒八丈 - くろはちじょう - thick black silk from Hachijo Island
• 大八車 - だいはちぐるま - large two-wheeled wagon
• 八つ頭 - やつがしら - yam
• 八十八夜 - はちじゅうはちや - eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
• 弓矢八幡 - ゆみやはちまん - god of war
• 侍八騎 - さむらいはっき - eight mounted warriors/eight samurai on horseback
• 黄八丈 - きはちじょう - yellow silk cloth
• 高峰八座 - こうほうはちざ - eight lofty peaks