# 八角
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bājiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baat$^3$ gok$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bat$^2$ gok$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-kok
* Eastern Min (BUC): báik-gáe̤k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-kak / peh-kak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): boih$^4$ gag$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bājiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bajiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-chiao$^3$
*** Yale: bā-jyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajeau
*** Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baat$^3$ gok$^3$
*** Yale: baat gok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baat$^8$ gok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bad$^3$ gog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːt̚³ kɔːk̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bat$^2$ gok$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pat̚⁵⁵ kɔk̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-kok
*** Hakka Romanization System: bad$^ˋ$ gog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bad$^5$ gog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pat̚² kok̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-gáe̤k
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kɔyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-kak
*** Tâi-lô: pueh-kak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poehkag
*** IPA (Singapore): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² kak̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ kak̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kak
*** Tâi-lô: peh-kak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pehkag
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kak̚³²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
*** IPA (Penang): /pe(ʔ)³⁻⁴ kak̚³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: boih$^4$ gag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih kak
*** Sinological IPA : /poiʔ²⁻⁴ kak̚²/

### Noun

八角
* octagon
* star anise (Illicium verum)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 八角茴香, 大茴香, 八角 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大料, 八角兒, 八角 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 八角 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 大料, 大茴香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 大料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 大料 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 八角茴香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大料, 大茴香, 八角, 茴香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 大料 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 大料 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 大料 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 八角, 大料 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 大料 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 八角, 茴香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大茴香, 八角兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 大料 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 大茴香, 大茴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 調和個子, 大料, 大茴香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 大料 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 八角, 大茴香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 八角茴香, 八角 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 大茴香, 八角兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 八角 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 大料, 八角茴香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大料, 八角子, 大茴香, 大香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 大料, 八角 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 大香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 八角, 大香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大料, 大茴香, 圓茴, 八角 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 八角, 大茴香, 茴香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大料, 大香, 八角, 大茴香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大料, 八角, 大茴香, 大香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 大香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 八角 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 大料, 大香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 大茴香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 大料, 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 八角, 茴香, 五香八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 八角茴, 茴香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 八角茴香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 八角茴香, 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 大料, 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 八角茴香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 八角茴香, 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 八角 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 八角茴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 茴香, 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 茴香八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 八角 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 八角, 大茴香 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 八角 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 八角 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 八角茴 |
| Gan | Pengze | 八角葵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 八角 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 八角, 角香 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 大茴, 八角 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 八角, 大茴 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 八角 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 八角 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 八角茴香 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 大茴, 八角 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 八角, 茴香 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大料 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 大料 |
| Jin | Datong | 大料 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大料, 大茴 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 大料, 大茴香 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 大料 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大料 |
| Jin | Jining | 大料 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 大料 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 大料, 大茴香 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 大料 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 大料, 茴香 |
| Jin | Handan | 大料 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 大茴香 |
| Jin | Suide | 茴香 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 八角 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 八角香 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 八角, 八角香 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 八角 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 八角, 八角粒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 八角 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 八角 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 八角 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 八角 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 八角香 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 八角茴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 茴香 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 茴香 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 八角茴香 |
| Wu | Danyang | 八角, 五香八角 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 茴香 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 茴香 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茴香 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 茴香 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 八角茴 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大茴香 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 八角 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 八角 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 八角茴香 |

### Adjective

八角
* 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

* → 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)
* octagon
* star anise
    Synonyms: スターアニス, 大茴香 (daiuikyō)

#### See also

* 唐樒(トウシキミ) (tōshikimi)

### Proper noun

八(はっ)角(かく) • (Hakkaku)
* a surname

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 八 | 角 |

### Noun

八角
* chữ Hán form of bát giác (“(geometry) an octagon”).