- 八(eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))ASSOCIATIVE
Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.
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八字还没一撇
八字还没一撇
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
- 。
This plan hasn't even gotten off the ground yet.
- 貳形adjective
fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
- 。
This plan hasn't even begun yet.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 子(child)ASSOCIATIVE
A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 敝(torn; discarded)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to flick forcefully to throw away something tattered — that's the stroke flourish in Chinese characters.
八字还没一撇
Traditional八字還沒一撇
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
- 。
This plan hasn't even gotten off the ground yet.
- 貳形adjective
fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
- 。
This plan hasn't even begun yet.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 八(eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))ASSOCIATIVE
Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 子(child)ASSOCIATIVE
A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 敝(torn; discarded)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to flick forcefully to throw away something tattered — that's the stroke flourish in Chinese characters.
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