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I have read section 8 of Onishchik's book before I am posing the question. So it is clear to me that there is some classification. What I am asking is whether there is a classification using highest weight of the representation with respect to the restricted root system of the real Lie algebra.
Krasner's Lemma can be used to prove that every local field of characteristic zero comes from completion of a number field. Therefore it answers the question.
It is known that a local field of characteristic zero is a finite extension of $Q_2$. This why I said that $K*/(K^*)^2$ has order 1,2,4 or 8 is incorrect. The question is whether the order argument is true for local fields coming from completions of number field? If every local field comes from the completion of a number field, then of course the order argument is incorrect.