八
부수: 八
획수: 2획
八 simply means eight.
八 = 八
X = phonetic borrowing
• 八 originally depicted something that has been cut in two and had the meaning ‘to separate’. The character was borrowed for the number eight via a sound loan.
Evolution:
八 = to separate ➔ borrowed use ➔ eight
Mnemonic
Understand that 八 originally depicted something that has been cut in two. Compare this with the number eight which is easy to divide into factors.
Vocab
| 八 | 팔 | eight | |
| 八月 | 팔월 | August | |
| 八邊形 | 팔변형 | octagon | |
| 八字 | 팔자 | destiny; fortune | |
| 八方 | 팔방 | eight points of the compass; everywhere | |
| 八道 | 팔도 | Korea; eight provinces of Korea | |
| 八等身 | 팔등신 | well-proportioned (female) figure | |
| 三八線 | 삼팔선 | the 38th parallel | |
| 十中八九 | 십중팔구 | almost all | |
| 八道江山 | 팔도강산 | scenery in every corner of Korea | |
| 八方美人 | 팔방미인 | beautiful woman in all aspects; jack-of-all-trades | |
| 八萬大藏經 | 팔만대장경 | Tripitaka Koreana |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 八].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 11]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 八].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 70]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.