Radical 八

2 strokes

In contrast to “person” and “tent”, the two strokes here don’t meet. The second stroke is slightly longer than the first. Both strokes are written downwards.

As with the unicorn standing in for “one”, the character for “eight” is represented by an octopus in stories involving “eight”.

/ The octopus strapped wheels to all his eight tentacles so he could roller-skate around delivering drinks for the giant barman.