八字解码歌 Character Eight song

                             

 八字解码歌
              （调寄“洪湖水，浪打浪”）
八是形，八字两边分，
既像肩胛又像臀。
作为数词就是八，
相别、相背不相混。

Character Eight  song
               (Transferred to send "Honghu water, wave waves")
Eight is the shape, character on both sides of the points,
Both like scapula and hip.
As a number of words is eight,
In contrast, the opposite is not mixed.

八    八是会意字，也是指示字。甲骨文以竖二划相背，对称呈弧形张开，表示分别之义。《说文》注：“别也。象分别、相背之形。”八象一物分成两部分。本义相别、相背。作数词，七加一之和为八。

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八 [捌](数) eight