8
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Translingual
Glyph origin
A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ८). See 8 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.
Symbol
- The cardinal number eight.
- A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.
- (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)
- Synonym: ꜇
Alternative forms
The following are equivalent forms as digits:
- Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٨
- Arabic (Western) numerals: 8
- Assamese numerals: ৮
- Balinese numerals: ᭘
- Bengali numerals: ৮
- Brahmi numerals: 𑁮
- Chakma numerals: 𑄾
- Cham numerals: ꩘
- Devanagari numerals: ८
- Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥘
- Gujarati numerals: ૮
- Gurmukhi numerals: ੮
- Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴸
- Javanese numerals: ꧘
- Kannada numerals: ೮
- Kawi numerals: 𑽘
- Kayah Li numerals: ꤈
- Khmer numerals: ៨
- Khudawadi numerals: 𑋸
- Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪈, (religious) ᪘
- Lao numerals: ໘
- Lepcha numerals: ᱈
- Limbu numerals: ᥎
- Malayalam numerals: ൮
- Meitei numerals: ꯸
- Mongolian numerals: ᠘
- Myanmar numerals: ၈
- N'Ko numerals: ߈
- Ol Chiki numerals: ᱘
- Odia numerals: ୮
- Osmanya numerals: 𐒨
- Persian numerals: ۸
- Saurashtra numerals: ꣘
- Sharada numerals: 𑇘
- Sinhalese numerals: ෮
- Sundanese numerals: ᮸
- Takri numerals: 𑛈
- Tamil numerals: ௮
- Telugu numerals: ౮
- Thai numerals: ๘
- Tibetan numerals: ༨
- Tirhuta numerals: 𑓘
- Warang Citi numerals: 𑣨
The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:
- Armenian numerals: Ը
- Brahmi numerals: 𑁙
- Chinese numerals: 捌, 八
- CJK tally marks: 𝍶𝍴
- Counting rod numerals: 𝍰
- Egyptian numerals: 𓐁
- Ethiopic numerals: ፰
- Gothic numerals: 𐌷
- Greek numerals: Η΄, η΄
- Hebrew numerals: ח
- Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒
- Roman numerals: VIII, viii
- Sinhalese numerals: 𑇨
- Tally marks: 𝍸𝍷𝍷𝍷
See also
Other representations of 8:
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English
Pronunciation
Verb
8
- (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of ate
- i 8 it — I ate it.
Usage notes
- Used in the formation of several text messaging slang forms of words with IPA(key): /eɪt/ in them, due to it being the pronunciation of eight in English. See also h8, m8, gr8.