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Mythic Mandarin

八月 (Bā yuè): meaning and stroke order

八月 (Bā yuè) means August, eighth month (of the lunar year).

八月

Simplified
八月
Traditional
八月 (same form)
Pinyin
Bā yuè

Stroke order of 八月

八

  • bā eight
  • 2 strokes

Stroke by stroke

月

  • yuè moon; month
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 八月

  1. Bā yuè
    • August
    • eighth month (of the lunar year)

Radicals of the characters

八
Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 2 strokes · 丿 on the left, 乁 on the right
月
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

八月 in our stories

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  • 后羿很想她，每年八月十五就在月亮下面放上她爱吃的东西。

    Hòu Yì hěn xiǎng tā měi nián bāyuè shíwǔ jiù zài yuèliang xiàmiàn fàng shàng tā ài chī de dōngxi

    Hou Yi missed her terribly, and every year on the fifteenth of the eighth month he set out the food she loved under the moon.

    From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3

Stories using 八月

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).