Mnemonic comic for 八
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.
Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.
八 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
Characters with 八 as component
Words with 八
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai