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How it is built
八 is one of the 214 radicals: a building block of its own. See radical 12
Some notes are traditional explanations, not proven history.
Built from 八 19
Characters that use it as a direct part, most common first.
- 分fēndivide; minute
- 前qiánfront; before
- 只zhǐonly
- 公gōngpublic; male
- 关guānclose; turn off; concern
- 并bìngand; combine
- 真zhēntrue; real
- 总zǒngalways; total
- 共gòngtogether; share
- 单dānsingle; list
- 具jùtool; have
- 兵bīngsoldier
- 深shēndeep
- 曾céngonce; ever (also zēng)
- 六liùsix
- 半bànhalf
- 兴xìnginterest; (xīng) prosper
- 尊zūnrespect
- 兹zīthis; now
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- 八bāeightHSK 1 Estimated
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