八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

八 character breakdown

八
- 丿
- ㇏

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 八 as component

jù = ju + Ø4

bell pendant stand

fǔ = fu + Ø3

old variant of 釜[fu3]

Words with 八

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess

see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]

see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2]

distant relatives

(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)

misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom)

lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back

assembled at random / a motley collection

Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai

Sentences with 八

wǒ

men

dà

wáng

zǎo

fe̅i

chu̅

shí

wàn

ba̅

qia̅n

lǐ

le

Our king has already flown very far away.