• 八はち — eight
• 八やっつ — eight (traditional counting)
• 八月はちがつ — August
• 十八じゅうはち — eighteen
• 八百屋やおや — greengrocer; produce shop
• 八方はっぽう — all directions
• 八重桜やえざくら — double-flowered cherry blossom

“八” is written with two strokes that spread outward. Besides meaning “eight,” it often suggests “spreading” or “opening out” in a visual sense, and it appears in many everyday words like 八月 and 八方.