八 is simple ideogram, which resembles an object which is divided into two halves. The character originally meant “separate”, a meaning now replaced by 分. 八 has been phonetically loaned for the number eight.
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八 hand VI
八 is derived from the image of two hands holding something. It serves as a semantic component in some cases. Some characters formed by the semantic component 八 denote hand-related actions or hand-related extended meanings. Continue reading “八 hand VI”