noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
eighth
Ordinal number meaning 'eighth'. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun, e.g., 第八の~.
He received the baton as the eighth runner.
That provision is written in Article 8.
vestibulocochlear nerve; eighth cranial nerve
Standard kanji spelling for 'eighth'.
Variant using Arabic numeral 8 instead of kanji 八; common in informal or space-constrained writing.
Compound of prefix 第 (ordinal marker) and 八 (eight).