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八
bā
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Definition eight; all around, all sides; Kangxi radical 12
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  1. (指事) Indicative. Two separate lines, meaning "to divide", the character's original meaning, which still holds true when used as such as a character component.
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This character is also a phonetic component, i.e., it supplies the pronunciation part of characters that consist of a phonetic and a signific component.

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