卦
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Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
卦
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
卦
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
卦
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卦
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
卦 [guà]
divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yìjīng]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yìjīng]
Japanese
divination sign
Korean
괘 [卦]
trigram from the Book of Changes; The sixty-four characters in Oriental philosophy which symbolize yin and yang in the form of harmonized lines.; divination; A sign resulting from telling one’s fortune.
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (18)
八卦 [bāguà] #4,231
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yìjīng]
变卦 [biànguà] #21,416
to change one's mind
变卦 [biànguà] #21,416
to change one's mind
算卦 [suànguà] #44,669
fortune telling
八卦阵 [bāguàzhèn] #51,487
eight-trigram battle array
八卦阵 [bāguàzhèn] #51,487
eight-trigram battle array
卜卦 [bǔguà] #54,734
to divine using the trigrams
八卦掌 [bāguàzhǎng] #56,591
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
八卦山 [BāguàShān]
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
八卦拳 [bāguàquán]
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
八卦 [はっけ] #58,076
eight trigrams
けったくそ悪い [けったくそわるい] #93,907
extremely vexing
当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 [あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけ] #141,967
a prediction may or may not come true
有卦 [うけ] #154,258
streak of good luck
八卦掌 [はっけしょう] #203,341
eight trigrams palm
有卦に入る [うけにいる] #208,779
to have good luck
六十四卦 [ろくじゅうしけ] #211,302
the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
卦算 [けいさん] #229,514
paperweight
本卦還り [ほんけがえり] #302,393
reaching age of 60
八卦鏡 [はっけきょう] #317,065
bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui)
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