8

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ८). See 8 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

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1. The cardinal number eight.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.
3. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 8, typically identified with light entering yang ru (陽入)

   Synonym: ꜇

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 8:

• IPA^(key): /eɪt/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪt

8

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of ate

   i 8 it — I ate it.

• Used in the formation of several text messaging slang forms of words with IPA^(key): /eɪt/ in them, due to it being the pronunciation of eight in English. See also h8, m8, gr8.

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