Memory phrase for the character: 八

八

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Meaning

eight, 8

Pronunciation

 bā

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Two hands with the four fingers each (without thumb) which maks a total of eight.

Radicals

八 eightThe eight 八 can probably be understood as two hands with outstretched fingers, but without the thumbs, which adds up to eight.
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 Vocabulary

八十 bā shí  eighty; 80
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng  twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
八面玲珑 bā miàn líng lóng  be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
八面玲珑 bā miàn líng lóng  

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