Word Meaning 八家

はっけ hakke

八家 is read as はっけ (hakke) and means the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period.

Meaning

English

  1. the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
  2. the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects

Reading

Kana

はっけ

Romaji

hakke

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 79319 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

入唐八家

にっとうはっけ

the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八重

やえ

multilayered

八方

はっぽう

large hanging lantern

八千代

やちよ

eight thousand years

八十日目

やっとかめ

a long time (since the last time)

八手

やつで

fatsi (Fatsia japonica)

八分

はちぶ

casting someone out

八分

はっぷん

eight minutes

八九分

はっくぶ

nearly

八目

やつめ

(of a fabric) having a loose knit

八分目

はちぶめ

eight-tenths