捌

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *preːd, *praːd) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 別 (OC *pred, *bred).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

捌

1. (financial) Alternative form of 八 (bā, “eight”)

See also

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

捌

1. Alternative form of 朳 (bā, “toothless rake”)
2. Alternative form of 扒 (“to break open, split open”)
3. to break
4. sound of breaking
5. a surname

Etymology 3

Min dialectal word for "to know".

Austroasiatic substrate influence (Norman and Mei, 1976); 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 in the Taiwanese Hokkien Recommended Characters lists (《臺灣閩南語推薦用字》) published by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

Pronunciation

Definitions

捌

1. (Min) to know; to recognise; to be familiar with

   捌字 [Eastern Min]  ―  báik-cê / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to know how to read

   𣍐捌字／𫧃捌字 [Eastern Min]  ―  mâ̤-báik-cê / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   ―  do not know how to read

2. (Min) to know (somebody)

   伓捌 [Eastern Min]  ―  n̂g-báik / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to not know (someone)

3. (Hainanese) to know how to (do something)
4. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) already; previously

   捌曾 [Eastern Min]  ―  báik-cèng / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  a term denoting past tense

   捌做過／捌做过 [Hokkien]  ―  bat chò--kòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to have done something already

Synonyms

• (to know; to recognise):

• (to know (somebody)):

• (to know how):

Compounds

Etymology 4

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (financial, archaic) Alternative form of 八 (“eight”)

Readings

• On (unclassified): はつ (hatsu); はち (hachi); べつ (betsu)
• Kun: さばく (sabaku, 捌く); さばける (sabakeru, 捌ける); はける (hakeru, 捌ける); はかす (hakasu, 捌かす)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

捌: Hán Nôm readings: bịt, bát, bít, xốc, bắt, biết
To know

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