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八 bā — “eight”
How to write and say the Chinese character 八 (bā), which means eight — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 bā
Meaning · 意思 eight
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 八 (eight)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
八 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: two bent lines meaning "to divide".
A common word常用词
八点
eight o'clock
Example sentence例句
现在是八点。
It's eight o'clock.
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