Editing Octopus card (section)

== Etymologies and logo ==

The [[Cantonese]] name for the Octopus card, ''Baat Daaht Tùng'' ({{lang|yue-HK|{{linktext|八|達|通}}}}), translates literally as "eight-arrived pass", where ''Baat Daaht'' may translate as "reaching everywhere". Less literally, the meaning is taken as the "go-everywhere pass". It was selected by the head of the MTR Corporation, the parent company of Octopus Cards Limited, in a naming competition in 1996.<ref name="Milestones">{{cite web |url=http://www.octopus.com.hk/milestones/tc/index.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209032956/http://www.octopus.com.hk/milestones/tc/index.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2006 |title=八達通控股有限公司里程碑 (lit. ''Milestones of Octopus Holdings Limited'') |publisher=Octopus Holdings Limited |access-date=28 February 2007 |language=zh }}</ref> The number eight refers to the [[Cardinal direction|cardinal and ordinal directions]], and the [[Chengyu|four-character idiom]] {{transliteration|zh|sei tùng baat daaht}} ({{lang-zh|t={{linktext|四|通|八|達}}}}), a common expression loosely translated as "reachable in all directions".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Chinese Idioms |url=http://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/pho/fyb/fyb01352.htm |title=四通八達 |publisher=Ministry of Education, R.O.C. |location=Taipei, Taiwan |access-date=16 June 2010 |language=zh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814150638/http://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/pho/fyb/fyb01352.htm |archive-date=14 August 2011  }}</ref> Eight is also considered a [[Numbers in Chinese culture#Eight|lucky number in Chinese culture]], and the phrase {{transliteration|zh|baat daaht}} can possibly be associated with the similar-sounding {{transliteration|zh|faat daaht}}, which means "getting wealthy" ({{lang|yue-HK|{{linktext|發|達}}}}) in Cantonese.

The [[English language|English]] name ''Octopus card'' was also selected in the naming competition. It also references the number eight, since an [[octopus]] has eight [[tentacle]]s.<ref name="MilestonesEng">{{cite web |url=http://www.octopus.com.hk/milestones/en/index.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221150729/http://www.octopus.com.hk/milestones/en/index.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2006 |title=Octopus Holdings Milestones |publisher=Octopus Holdings Limited |access-date=28 February 2007 }}</ref> The logo used on the card features an [[infinity symbol]].