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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
八音 bāyīn	八音 \| 八音* \| *八音	ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲｜丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
八	八 \| 八* \| *八	2画八 + 0	bā	eight; all around, all sides	baat3	8000.0 HO


音	音 \| 音* \| *音	9画音 + 0	yīn, yìn	sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180	jam1	0060.1 YTA

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
八音 bāyīn	八音 \| 八音* \| *八音	ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲｜丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music


八 bā	八 \| 八* \| *八	eight


音　yīn	音 \| 音* \| *音	sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)