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捌

捌

Translingual

Han character

捌 (radical 64 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口尸弓 (QRSN), four-corner 52000, composition ⿰扌别 or ⿰扌別)

References

  • KangXi: page 433, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12141
  • Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1883, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+634C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 捌

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ‎(“eight”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

捌

  1. an accounting version of the numeral eight that is otherwise written as 八

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat ‎(“cut apart, cut open”). Cognate to 別.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 捌 捌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 鎋 (75) 黠 (71)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 博拔切 百鎋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pˠɛt̚/ /pˠat̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pᵚæt̚/ /pᵚat̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pæt̚/ /pɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pəɨt̚/ /paɨt̚/
Li
Rong		 /pɛt̚/ /pat̚/
Wang
Li		 /pæt̚/ /pat̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pat̚/ /păt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ba ba
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 捌 捌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 817 819
Phonetic
component		 别 别
Rime
group		 月 月
Rime
subdivision		 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 八 捌
Old
Chinese		 /*preːd/ /*praːd/

Definitions

捌

  1. Alternative form of 朳 (bā, “toothless rake”).
  2. Alternative form of 扒 (bā, “to break open, split open”).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 捌
alt. forms
 
別／别
八
仈
白
識／识 "to know"
曾 "already"

Min dialectal word for "to know".

Austroasiatic substrate influence; may be related to 別 (“to split; to differentiate”). Cognate with Vietnamese biết ‎(“to know”), Muong mắt ‎(“to know”), Proto-Bahnaric *băt ("to remember, to know"), Proto-Hmong-Mien *pei ‎(“to know”) (White Hmong paub ‎(“to know, to understand”)).

Many variant written forms exist, but 捌 is recommended by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

Pronunciation

Definitions

捌 (Min)

  1. to know; to recognise; to be familiar with
    捌字 [Min Dong]  ―  báik-cê / [pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to know how to read
  2. to know (somebody)
    伓捌 [Min Dong]  ―  n̂g-báik / [(ŋ̍-)m̩²⁴²⁻⁵³ (p-)βaiʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to not know (someone)
  3. already; previously
    捌曾 [Min Dong]  ―  báik-cèng / [pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɛiŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  a term denoting past tense
    捌做過 / 捌做过 [Min Nan]  ―  bat chò--kòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to have done something already

Compounds

  • 捌貨／捌货
  • 毋捌
  • 相捌

Japanese

Kanji

捌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an accounting version of the numeral eight that is otherwise written as 八.

Readings

Korean

Hanja

捌 • ‎(pal) (hangeul 팔, revised pal, McCune-Reischauer p'al, Yale phal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捌 (bịt, bát, bít, xốc, bắt)

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