Word Meaning 八佾

はちいつ hachiitsu

八佾 is read as はちいつ (hachiitsu) and means Ba Yi (ancient Chinese dance practiced in the court of the Zhou king).

Meaning

English

  1. Ba Yi (ancient Chinese dance practiced in the court of the Zhou king)
  2. Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)

Reading

Kana

はちいつ

Romaji

hachiitsu

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

はち

eight

eight

八十

やそ

eighty

八つ

やつ

eight

八つ当たり

やつあたり

venting one's anger (on someone or something)

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八月

はちがつ

August

八日

ようか

8th day of the month

八本

はちほん

eight (long cylindrical things)

八千草

やちぐさ

variety of plants

八重桜

やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

八重

やえ

multilayered

Example Sentences

1

てんしにははちいつがゆるされたとつたえられている。

It is said that the supreme ruler was allowed to use eight rows of dancers.