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Originally, 八 also had the meaning “to divide”, but that meaning has mostly disappeared in modern usage and has been replaced by 

to divide, to separate, to apportion

 (to divide, 분).
Its complex form (variant) is 捌, which means "to break apart" or is used in formal/legal numbering for "eight."
Depending on the typeface or calligraphic style, the right stroke of 八 can be written not with a sharp angle, but as a gentle, straight curve, like ㇏, and this is perfectly acceptable.

#4 — diagonal stroke, slanting stroke

#5 — The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))

#6 — a backward hook

#7 — two, the number 2, second

#8 — pig-year head, top of the character 亥

#9 — human, person

#10 — a virtuous/good person

#11 — to enter, to let in, to put in

#12 — eight, the number 8, the eighth in order

#13 — city outskirts, suburbs

#14 — to cover, to conceal

#15 — ice, oil, to congeal/freeze

#16 — small table, low bench (안석)

#17 — to open the mouth, to gape

#18 — sword, knife, sharp-edged tool

#19 — power, force, strength

#20 — to wrap, to embrace

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