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八 — eight

Pinyin
bā
Strokes
2
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 八: 2 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

八 — 2 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 八 in the HSK syllabus: 8

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 八bāeightHSK 1
  2. 八成bāchéngeighty percent; most probably; most likelyHSK 7–9
  3. 八卦bāguàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]HSK 7–9
  4. 乱七八糟luànqībāzāochaotic; in disorder; muddledHSK 7–9
  5. 七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at onceHSK 7–9
  6. 四面八方sìmiàn-bāfāngall directions; all aroundHSK 7–9
  7. 四通八达sìtōng-bādároads open in all directions; accessible from all sidesHSK 7–9
  8. 五花八门wǔhuā-bāménmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts ofHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.