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八 — stroke order
Watch how to write 八 (bā) stroke by stroke. 八 has 2 strokes and means “eight”. It appears in common words such as 十八 (eighteen) and 八卦 (the eight divinatory trigrams of the Bo…). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 八
The most common words that use 八 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
十八shíbāeighteen八卦bāguàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Bo…八十bāshíeighty八戒bājièthe eight precepts八月bāyuèAugust王八wángbātortoise
How 八 is written
- Radical
- 八
- Formation
- Ideographic — Two bent lines meaning "to divide".