What is the meaning of the character "eight"?

Composition of the character "eight":

Bālong bā lóng: eight horses in myths and legends.

八德 bā?dé: there are eight virtues in the Song Dynasty: filial piety, fraternal duty, loyalty, faith, propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame.

八裔?bā yì: eight remote areas.?

Bā Ma bā mǎ?: Eight Horse Tea is a large tea enterprise integrating tea garden base, production and processing, chain and export.

Bā zheng bā zhēng: It is said to be eight kinds of examinations for recognizing talents.

Interpretation: The name of the number, seven plus one (in the bills and documents are often used in capital letters "eight" instead).

Example Sentences:

1, Eight, number. -- "The Jade Book"

2, Chen feeds eight gui. -- "Poetry - Xiao Ya - Felling Wood"

3, Geography by eight system. -- "Guanzi - Five Elements".

4. The eights are also the outline of the dimension.

3. The system of geography is based on the eight.

5, meet the eight of Burgundy. History said, it is called the Burgundy with the words, six two lines. The remaining five lines are changed. Where easy to use six without eight. Eight, shaoyin unchanged. --Zuozhuan - Xianggong nine years