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Translingual

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Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari (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. August.
    Comeronyms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
  4. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)
    Synonym:

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

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

See also

Other representations of 8:

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪt/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • 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.

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