0012 - 八[팔] - 여덟 - eight; all around; all sides

The Story [이야기] :

• Two separate lines meaning "to divide".  Eight is a single-digit number which can be divided by two twice.  Incidentally, the Hindu-Arabic numeral for eight 8 shows symmetry, both vertically and horizontally.
• If this character is used as part of other characters, it can indeed mean "to divide" instead of meaning "eight".
• It also means all sides or all directions since there are 8 major directions in the compass :  North, East, West, South, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West.
• When this character is used as part of another character, it can take on the form of 丷.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

팔모 [八모] - eight angles
팔푼이 [八푼이] - a fool; a simpleton; a dullard; a half-wit
팔월 [八月] - August
팔일 [八日] - eight days
파일 [八日] - Buddha's birthday [festival]; the eighth of April of the lunar calendar
팔일오 [八一五] - The Liberation Day of Korea; August 15, 1945
칠팔월 [七八月] - July and[or] August

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

그 배는 뉴욕-함부르크간의 항로를 八日로 갈 수 있다.

She can cover the New York-Hamburg run in eight days.