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8

digit eight

Digit Eight

8 usually means the number eight: a time, score or count. In casual English messages it stands in for the “ate” sound, as in gr8 (great) and m8 (mate). If someone sends just 8, read it as the number first.

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gr8 · h8 · m8 · 8888
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What 8 means

In English, “eight” sounds like “ate.”

Read “I 8 already” aloud and you get “I ate already.” But “meet at 8” is a time, not a word puzzle. In h8 (hate), the digit supplies the sound and the letters around it do the rest.

Neutral as a number; playful and informal as English word shorthand.

Don't confuse it with

4

Combination ideas

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great
mate, as in “friend”
Japanese online applause: eight is “hachi”, close to the clapping sound “pachi pachi”.

Questions people ask

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Is printable 8 the same as ASCII backspace?

No. Printable 8 is a digit; ASCII code 8 identifies the non-printing Backspace control character. Typing 8 does not send that control character.

How to type 8

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0038, then Alt+X to get 8.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “digit eight”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0038, then Enter or Space.
HTML
8
CSS
\0038
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
8
HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\0038";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes

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