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捌

Mandarin · pinyin bā

eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
split

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捌: bā · break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight

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character · Etymology 1

(financial) alternative form of 八 (bā, “eight”)

character · Etymology 2

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 朳 (bā, “toothless rake”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 扒 (“to break open, split open”)
to break
sound of breaking
a surname

character · Etymology 3

(Min) to know; to recognise; to be familiar with
(Min) to know (somebody)
(Hainanese) to know how to (do something)
(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) already; previously

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