8

See also: ৪, 8., ⑧, ზ, and Ȣ

Text style	Emoji style
8︎	8️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
8 U+0038, 8 DIGIT EIGHT ← 7 [U+0037] Basic Latin 9 → [U+0039]

Character variations

⁸ U+2078, ⁸ SUPERSCRIPT EIGHT ← ⁷ [U+2077] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁹ → [U+2079]

₈ U+2088, ₈ SUBSCRIPT EIGHT ← ₇ [U+2087] Superscripts and Subscripts ₉ → [U+2089]

８ U+FF18, ８ FULLWIDTH DIGIT EIGHT ← ７ [U+FF17] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ９ → [U+FF19]

𜳸 U+1CCF8, 𜳸 OUTLINED DIGIT EIGHT ← 𜳷 [U+1CCF7] Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement 𜳹 → [U+1CCF9]

𝟾 U+1D7FE, 𝟾 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT EIGHT ← 𝟽 [U+1D7FD] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟿 → [U+1D7FF]

🯸 U+1FBF8, 🯸 SEGMENTED DIGIT EIGHT ← 🯷 [U+1FBF7] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯹 → [U+1FBF9]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ८ (8)). See 8 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

Symbol

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: ꜇

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Lining digit 8.
• 
  Oldstyle 8 in Fraktur script.

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Aegean numerals: 𐄎
• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٨
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 8
• Assamese numerals: ৮
• Balinese numerals: ᭘
• Bengali numerals: ৮
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁮
• Chakma numerals: 𑄾
• Cham numerals: ꩘
• Devanagari numerals: ८
• Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥘
• Garay numerals: 𐵈
• Gujarati numerals: ૮
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੮
• Indic Siyaq numerals: 𞱸
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴸
• Javanese numerals: ꧘
• Kaktovik numerals: 𝋈
• Kannada numerals: ೮
• Kawi numerals: 𑽘
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤈
• Khmer numerals: ៨
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋸
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪈, (religious) ᪘
• Lao numerals: ໘
• Lepcha numerals: ᱈
• Limbu numerals: ᥎
• Malayalam numerals: ൮
• Maya numerals: 𝋨
• Mende Kikakui numerals: 𞣎
• Meroitic cursive numerals: 𐧇
• Meitei numerals: ꯸
• Mongolian numerals: ᠘
• Myanmar numerals: ၈
• N'Ko numerals: ߈
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱘
• Odia numerals: ୮
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒨
• Ottoman Siyaq numerals: 𞴈
• Pahawh Hmong numerals: 𖭘
• Persian numerals: ۸
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣘
• Sharada numerals: 𑇘
• Sinhalese numerals: ෮
• Sundanese numerals: ᮸
• Takri numerals: 𑛈
• Tamil numerals: ௮
• Telugu numerals: ౮
• Thai numerals: ๘
• Tibetan numerals: ༨
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓘
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣨

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

• Armenian numerals: Ը
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁙
• Chinese numerals: 捌, 八
• CJK tally marks: 𝍶𝍴
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍰
• Egyptian numerals: 𓐁
• Ethiopic numerals: ፰
• Gothic numerals: 𐌷
• Greek numerals: Η΄, η΄
• Hebrew numerals: ח
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒
• Roman numerals: VIII, viii
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇨
• Tally marks: 𝍸𝍷𝍷𝍷

See also

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 8:

Morse code: –––·· Braille: ⠓

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪt/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

8

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of ate.

   i 8 it — I ate it.

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

• 2
• 4
• 8-cell
• V8