Entry
  1. Noun or verb acting prenominally

    octennial; recurring every eight years

Also written 八カ年【はちかねん】八ヵ年【はちかねん】八ヶ年【はちかねん】八か年【はちかねん】八ケ年【はちかねん】8箇年【はちかねん】8カ年【はちかねん】8ヵ年【はちかねん】8ヶ年【はちかねん】8か年【はちかねん】8ケ年【はちかねん】

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Characters in this word

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eight, eight radical (no. 12)

Kun
や.つやっ.つよう
On
ハチハツ
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
92 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

はっやちやつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-1SKIP code
2o0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8000.0Four corner code
2062deroo
516bUnicode hex code
1-40-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
577Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
369New Nelson (John Haig)
3New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3644Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
8Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
41A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
19Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
10Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1450Morohashi
66A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
10Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8sakade
18Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8henshall3
4Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
116crowley
8Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
151Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
8Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ba1, ba2Pinyin reading
palKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

counter for articles

On
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-6-8SKIP code
6f8.15The Kanji Dictionary
8860.3Four corner code
2377deroo
7b87Unicode hex code
1-18-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3414Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4315New Nelson (John Haig)
2700New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3348Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1735Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2356Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2029Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2185Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1943A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2216Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1860Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26116Morohashi
1054A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1473Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1570Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1721Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1682Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1483Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2048Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ge4Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

year, counter for years

Kun
とし
On
ネン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
6 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 4-6-3SKIP code
0a6.16The Kanji Dictionary
8050.0Four corner code
2355deroo
5e74Unicode hex code
1-39-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
188Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1593New Nelson (John Haig)
2035New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2528Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1036Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
342Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
64Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9168Morohashi
64A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126sakade
51Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20henshall3
51Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
13crowley
24Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
574Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1045Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nian2Pinyin reading
nyeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level