| Chinese Text Project |
| 八 U+516B |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 捌 Semantic variant Specialized semantic variant |
| Radical: | 八+ 0 strokes = 2 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.488#29 Kangxi: p.126#26 Cihai: p.147r4c03 GSR: 281.a Hanyu: v1,p0241#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 尣 𠔀 𡯂 仈 𠔁 公 办 六 兮 火 父 分 六 𡥀 㕣 𤜞 𡉀 只 𡗕 𠔅 [More] |
| Mandarin: | bā ㄅㄚ |
| Cantonese: | baat3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bat bat |
| Shuowen: | 《八部》八：別也。象分別相背之形。凡八之屬皆从八。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·黠·八》八：數也，博拔切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·八部·八部》八：《唐韻》博拔切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》布拔切，𠀤音捌。《說文》別也。象分別相背之形。《徐曰》數之八，兩兩相背，是別也。少隂數，木數也。《玉篇》數也。又《集韻》補內切，音背。《趙古則六書本義》八，音背，分異也，象分開相八形，轉爲布拔切，少隂數也。又《韻補》叶筆別切，音䇷。《張衡·舞賦》聲變諧集，應激成節。度終復位，以授二八。又《韻補》叶必益切，音璧。《張衡·西京賦》叉簇之所攙捔，徒搏之所撞㧙。白日未及移𠷳，巳獮其什七八。又八八。《通雅》八八，外國語稱巴巴。《唐書·李懷光傳》德宗，以懷光外孫燕八八爲後。 考證：〔《張衡·西京賦》叉簇之所攙捔，徒博之所撞㧙。〕謹照原文徒博改徒搏。 |
| Fanqie: | 博拔 (《廣韻·入聲·黠·八》) |
| Unihan definition: | eight; all around, all sides |
Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 孔子謂季氏：「八佾舞於庭，是可忍也，孰不可忍也？」 |
| Confucius said of the head of the Ji family, who had eight rows of pantomimes in his area, "If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?" | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 百畝之田，匹夫耕之，八口之家足以無飢矣。 |
| The husbandmen cultivated their farms of 100 mu, and thus their families of eight mouths were secured against want. | |
| 《禮記·投壺》: | 司射進度壺，間以二矢半，反位，設中，東面，執八算興。 |
| The superintendent of the archery comes forward, and measures the distance of the pot (from the mats), which should be a space of the length of two and a half arrows. He then returns to his station, sets forth the stand for the tallies, and with his face to the east, takes eight counters and stands up. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「八荒之禮，禮也，樂也，孰是？」 |
| Someone asked: Among the all the world's li, whose li and music is correct? | |
| 《墨子·節葬下》: | 昔者堯北教乎八狄，道死，葬蛩山之陰，衣衾三領，榖木之棺，葛以緘之，既窆而後哭，滿埳無封。 |
| Anciently, Yao went north to instruct the eight tribes of Di. He died on the way and was buried in the shade of Mt. Qiong. Of shrouds there were three pieces. The coffin was of soft wood, and sealed with flax linen. Weeping started only after burial. There was no mound, only the pit was filled up. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 上古有大椿者，以八千歲為春，八千歲為秋。 |
| In high antiquity there was that called Da-chun, whose spring was 8000 years, and its autumn the same. | |
| 《商君書·去強》: | 不用八者治，敵不敢至，雖至，必卻。 |
| But if a country is administered without these eight , the enemy dares not approach, and even if he should, he would certainly be driven off | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 八月，西巡狩。 |
| In the eighth month to the west. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 八十者一子不事，九十者舉家不事，廢疾非人不養者，一人不事，父母之喪，三年不事，齊衰大功，三月不事，從諸侯來，與新有昏，期不事。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 湯問伊尹曰：「三公九卿，二十七大夫，八十一元士，知之有道乎？」 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 周發兵，不期會於孟津者八百諸侯，共誅紂，大亡天下。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故男、八月生齒，八歲而齠齒，十六而精化小通。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 《王制》曰：「王者八十一元士。」 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 古之為路輿也，蓋圜以象天，二十八橑以象列星，軫方以象地，三十輻以象月。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 太子侍，四人者從太子，皆年八十有餘，鬢眉皓白，衣冠甚偉，上怪而問之曰：「何為者？」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 故太昊觀天地而畫八卦，燧人察時令而鑽火，帝軒聞鳳鳴而調律，倉頡視鳥跡而作書，斯大聖之學乎神明而發乎物類也。 |
| 《孔子家語》: | 乃選好女子八十人，衣以文飾而舞容璣，及文馬四十駟，以遺魯君。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 凡此八者，皆衰世之務，而闇君之所固也。 |
| 《論衡·氣壽》: | 求禪得舜，舜徵三十歲在位，堯退而老，八歲而終，至殂落，九十八歲 |
| 《太玄經·玄首都序》: | 贊上群綱，乃綜乎名，八十一首，歲事咸貞。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 周、秦常以歲八月遣輶軒之使，求異代方言，還奏籍之，藏於秘室。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣衡》: | 然則，鼓，四百八十斤也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 一曰不知，二曰不進，三曰不任，四曰不終，五曰以小怨棄大德，六曰以小過黜大功，七曰以小失掩大美，八曰以奸訐傷忠正，九曰以邪說亂正度，十曰以讒嫉廢賢能。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 聖人王世，賢者建功，湯舉伊尹，周任呂望，行合天地，德配陰陽，承天誅惡，剋暴除殃，將氣養物，明□設光，耳聽八極，目覩四方，忠進讒退，直立邪亡，道行姦止，不得兩張，□本理，杜漸消萌。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 周以十一月為正，八寸為尺，律中黃鍾，言陽氣踵黃泉而出，故以為正也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 方山冠、以五采縠為之，漢祀宗廟大享，《八佾》樂五行舞人服之。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 又二十有八年，天下大治，幾若華胥氏之國，而帝登假，百姓號之，二百餘年不輟 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 舉以八極，信焉而弗信，天之則也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 故秦楚燕魏之歌，異傳而皆樂，九夷八狄之哭，異聲而皆哀。 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 八風之朝，可以卜當時之吉凶。 |
| 《列仙傳·老子》: | 積八十餘年。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 明白四達，言達明白，如日月四通，滿於天下八極之外。 |
| 《韓非子·八姦》: | 凡人臣之所道成姦者有八術：一曰在同床。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以夏日至始，數九十二日謂之秋至，秋至而禾熟，天子祀於太惢，西出其國，百三十八里而壇，服白而絻白，搢玉總，帶錫監，吹塤箎之風，動金石之音，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，號曰祭月。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 吳子曰：「凡料敵有不卜而與之戰者八：一曰疾風大寒，早興寤遷，刊木濟水，不憚艱難。」 |
| 《六韜·文伐》: | 八曰：賂以重寶，因與之謀。 |
| 《尉繚子·兵教下》: | 八曰全曲，謂曲折相從，皆有分部也。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 康正八極，密定九夷。 |
| 《海島算經》: | 又望松本，入表二尺八寸。 |
| 《九章算術·盈不足》: | 金價九千八百。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷下》: | 九年耗九萬九千八百九十四斛七斗八升九合。 |
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