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8 U+0038, 8
DIGIT EIGHT
7
[U+0037]
Basic Latin 9
[U+0039]

Translingual edit

 
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Glyph origin edit

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ). See 8 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

Symbol edit

8 (prev 7, next 9)

  1. The cardinal number eight.
  2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.
  3. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)
    Synonym:

Alternative forms edit

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

See also edit

Other representations of 8:

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eɪt/
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb edit

8

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of ate
    i 8 it — I ate it.

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

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