八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : 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

八
- 丿
- ㇏

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

㇏

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 八 as component

衮

袞

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

imperial robe

衮 = 公 + 衣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).

㒸

suì = su + ei4

archaic variant of 遂[sui4]

曽

céng = c + (e)ng2

Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]

坴

lù = lu + Ø4

a clod of earth / land

坴 = 土 + 八 + 土 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is creating his very own clod of earth (坴) by attaching dirt (土) to an eight-ball (八) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

兮

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

肸

xì = xi + Ø4

giggle / scatter

仈

ba̅ = b + a1

surname Ba

儍

shǎ = sh + a3

variant of 傻[sha3]

兲

tia̅n = ti + an1

variant of 天[tian1]

朳

ba̅ = b + a1

tree

糭

zòng = zu + (e)ng4

old variant of 粽[zong4]

Words with 八

八

ba̅

九

jiǔ

不

bù

离

離

lí

十

shí

pretty close / very near / about right

八

ba̅

仙

xia̅n

the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)

八

ba̅

二

èr

丹

da̅n

eight-to-two powder (TCM)

八

ba̅

仙

xia̅n

桌

zhuo̅

old-fashioned square table to seat eight people

八

ba̅

仙

xia̅n

湖

hú

see 草海[Cao3 hai3]

八

ba̅

仙

xia̅n

过

過

guò

海

hǎi

，

各

gè

显

顯

xiǎn

其

qí

能

néng

see 八仙過海，各顯神通|八仙过海，各显神通[Ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 , ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1]

八

ba̅

仙

xia̅n

过

過

guò

海

hǎi

，

各

gè

显

顯

xiǎn

神

shén

通

to̅ng

lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities

八

ba̅

位

wèi

元

yuán

8-bit (computing)

八

ba̅

佰

bǎi

伴