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八

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Frequency rank 190 / 2,608

Eight

On’yomi
はち
Kun’yomi
や
Radical
八 Eight (Kangxi 12)

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 保 (Preserve), less common than 点 (Point).

The acrobat drops into the splits until his legs peel apart into the wide V, then each half tears into a V of its own, and each of those tears again.

In words

八 はち eightN5
八つ やっつ eightN5
八日 ようか eight days, eighth day of the monthN5

八 is rank 190 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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