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eight

On-Yomi: ハチ — Kun-Yomi: や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう

Elements:

eight

Heisig story:

Just as the Arabic numeral "8" is composed of a small circle followed by a larger one, so the kanji for eight is composed of a short line followed by a longer line, slanting towards it but not touching it. And just as the "lazy 8" is the mathematical symbol for "infinity," so the expanse opened up below these two strokes is associated by the Japanese with the sense of an infinite expanse or something "all-encompassing."

Koohii stories:

1) [clemk] 18-6-2006(120): "Hachi" (eight) begins with the sound of the katakana "ha", and it's approximately the same character.

2) [Rose_Arteth] 17-8-2007(65): The valcano hasn't erupted for 8 years.

3) [DeeLoli] 26-10-2008(20): The curtains close at eight.

4) [jmehr] 1-9-2008(16): I eight something so large, it bent my chopsticks.

5) [Angrybeez] 21-8-2008(15): I eight a volcano! now I got heart burn.

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