八つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八
や > やっ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
8つ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やっつ [yàttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

八(や)つ or 八(やっ)つ • (yatsu or yattsu) 

1. eight things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

八(やっ)つ (yattsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

Kanji in this term
八
や Grade: 1
kun'yomi

See also

• 七つ
• 九つ
• Category:Japanese counters