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  1. 八 is the 451st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 547 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba1 - eight/8

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 八 (ba1): The component 八 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
十八 

Medium Frequency

七七八八 
七上八下 
三八 
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
五花八门 (五花八門)
八佰伴 
八十 
八卦 
八卦掌 
八婆 
八戒 
八方 
八月 
八角 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
王八蛋 
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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also appears in:
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  1. 卦 is the 3113th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 9 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gua4 - divinatory trigram/one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 卦 (gua4): The component 圭 is pronounced as 'gui1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

八卦 

Medium Frequency

八卦掌 

Appears In:

also appears in:
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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