Eight minutes (time unit) — either a duration of eight minutes or the minute '8' on a clock.
あと８分で電車が来る。
The train will arrive in eight minutes.
試験はあと８分で終了です。
The exam ends in eight minutes.
会議は3時８分に始まりますので遅れないでください。
The meeting starts at 3:08, so please don't be late.
A calligraphic script name ('happun'/'hachi-bun') — a clerical script style characterized by triangular tails on horizontal strokes (term in calligraphy/palaeography).
書道の研究で、八分という書体の特徴を調べている。
In calligraphy research, we are studying the characteristics of the happun script.