TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
八
ㄅㄚ · bā
num — eight
字源 FORM — what the parts do
八形two strokes pulling apart — dividing drawn
Two strokes turning away from each other — the old word for dividing into halves. The number eight borrowed the graph and kept it; the dividing moved into 分, where 八 sits over a knife (刀).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊大餅掰開，兩半（八）往兩邊倒。
The flatbread breaks — two halves (八) falling away from each other.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)分(古)— to part — two halves turning away
→八— eight常用
⇒八月、八點— August; eight o'clock
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension