Word Meaning 八紘

はっこう hakkou

八紘 is read as はっこう (hakkou) and means the eight directions.

Meaning

English

the eight directions
the whole land
the whole world

Reading

Kana

はっこう

Romaji

hakkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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八紘一宇

はっこういちう

universal brotherhood

八重桜

やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

八箇年

はちかねん

octennial

八部衆

はちぶしゅう

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八重山椰子

やえやまやし

Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis)

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)

八分儀

はちぶんぎ

octant (instrument)

八方手を尽くす

はっぽうてをつくす

to try all possible means

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

八重の潮路

やえのしおじ

distant seas