捌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 八

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bā, bié
Cantonese: baat3
JapaneseKun: SABAKU SABAKERU SABAKI
JapaneseOn: HATSU HACHI BETSU
Korean: PHAL
Vietnamese: bịt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight

CE-Dict: eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)/split

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an elaborate form of "eight" -- used in checks or accounts to prevent fraud

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: eight

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: eight

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》捌方言云：無齒杷。从手別聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】捌
【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤布拔切，音八。破也，分也。又擊也。【淮南子·說林訓】解捽者不在於捌格，在於批伔。　【集韻】同扒。　又官文書紀數，借爲八字。【正字通】秦法，凡數目字文單者，取茂密字易之。一作壹，二作貳是也。◎按秦諸𥓓惟一二三改易，四以下仍用本文，徐氏始收附捌字，今則一至十字𠀤改，非秦之舊也。　又【集韻】必結切。與㧙同。捩也。　又筆別切。讀若分別之別。與扒同。亦剖分也。　又皮列切。讀若離別之別。義同。　又【唐韻】百轄切。【說文】《方言》云：無齒杷。从手別聲。【急就篇】捌杷。【師古註】無齒爲捌，有齒爲杷。皆所以推引聚禾穀也。　又博拔切，音八。同朳。〇按集韻从木作㭭。別見木部。
考證：〔【淮南子·說林訓】解梓者不在於捌格。〕　謹照原文梓改捽。

CF-Dict: fendre/huit