八角

Chinese

		eight	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (八角)		八	角
simp. #(八角)		八	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bājiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-kok
• Eastern Min (BUC): báik-gáe̤k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-kak / peh-kak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ gag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chiao³
    • Yale: bā-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajeau
    • Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ gok³
    • Yale: baat gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-kok
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad` gog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ gog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² kok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-gáe̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kɔyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehkag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: peh-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehkag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁴ gag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih kak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ kak̚²/

Noun

八角

1. octagon
2. star anise (Illicium verum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 八角茴香 (“star anise”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八角茴香, 大茴香
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	八角兒, 八角, 大料
	Harbin	大料
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大料, 大茴香, 八角, 茴香
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	八角, 大料
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大茴香, 八角兒
	Wanrong	調和個子, 大料, 大茴香
	Xi'an	大料
	Xining	八角, 大香
	Xuzhou	大料, 大茴香, 圓茴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大料, 大香, 八角
	Lanzhou	大香
	Ürümqi	大香
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	八角
	Wuhan	八角, 茴香
	Guiyang	八角
	Liuzhou	八角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	八角
	Yangzhou	八角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	八角
	Hong Kong	八角
	Dongguan	八角
Gan	Nanchang	八角茴
	Lichuan	八角
	Pingxiang	八角, 角香
Hakka	Meixian	大茴, 八角
	Yudu	八角
Huizhou	Jixi	大茴, 八角
Jin	Taiyuan	大料
	Xinzhou	大料, 大茴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	八角
	Fuqing	八角香
Southern Min	Xiamen	八角
	Quanzhou	八角
	Zhangzhou	八角, 八角香
	Haikou	八角
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	八角
Wu	Shanghai	茴香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茴香
	Suzhou	八角茴香
	Danyang	八角, 五香八角
	Hangzhou	茴香
	Ningbo	茴香
	Wenzhou	茴香
	Jinhua	茴香
Xiang	Changsha	八角茴
	Loudi	大茴香

Adjective

八角

1. octagonal

Derived terms

• 八角亭 (bājiǎotíng)
• 八角帽 (bājiǎomào)
• 八角床 (bājiǎochuáng)
• 八角形 (bājiǎoxíng)
• 八角楓／八角枫 (bājiǎofēng)
• 八角楓科／八角枫科 (bājiǎo fēngkē)
• 八角疆
• 八角碗
• 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng)
• 八角蓮／八角莲
• 八角金盤／八角金盘 (bājiǎojīnpán)
• 八角香
• 八角鼓 (bājiǎogǔ)
• 白花八角
• 韓國八角會／韩国八角会

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (八角):

• → Japanese: 八角(はっかく) (hakkaku)
• → Korean: 팔각(八角) (palgak)
• → Vietnamese: bát giác (八角)

Others:

• → Indonesian: pekak (from Hokkien)
• → Javanese: ꦥꦼꦏꦏ꧀ (pekak) (from Hokkien)
• → Thai: โป๊ยกั้ก (bpóoi-gâk) (from Teochew)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	角
はつ > はっ Grade: 1	かく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 八 ("eight") + 角 ("horn," "angle," "corner," "point") = "octagon".

Noun

八(はっ)角(かく) • (hakkaku) 

1. (geometry) octagon
2. (spice) star anise

Proper noun

八(はっ)角(かく) • (Hakkaku) 

1. a surname

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
八	角

Noun

八角

1. chữ Hán form of bát giác (“octagon”).