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Kanji Detail for 捌 - "divide, eight, handle"

  • Meaning

    捌 means "divide, eight, handle."

    1. Divide - To split in two.

    2. Eight - The formal character for the number eight.

    3. Handle - To manage; to sell out (Japanese usage).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    handle; deal with; dispose of; sell; be in demand; be worldly; be frank; be sensible; be sociable; drainage; sale; demand for; eight

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral); split

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to split, to break open; eight (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To break. | Borrowed as the formal numeral for eight.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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