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HSK 1 · Numbers

八

bā

eight

Stroke order of 八

八 is written with 2 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Two strokes parting away from each other, like a mustache splitting into eight.

Parts: 丿 + 乀 two strokes parting (meaning 'divide')

Example sentence

我八点去学校。

I go to school at eight o'clock.

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