卦
Meanings
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- 1.divinatory diagram
- 2.one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经[Yì jīng]
- 3.one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经[Yì jīng]
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Wiktionary
- 1.divinatory trigram or hexagram of the I Ching
- 2.to divine
- 3.to change
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʷreːs): phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː) + semantic 卜. However, the phonetic component has a reference to a ritual since it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade.
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
八卦 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经[Yì jīng]卦辞 to interpret the divinatory trigrams卜卦 to divine using the eight trigrams打卦 to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams变卦 to change one's mind算卦 fortune telling卦义 interpretation of the divinatory trigrams八卦掌 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)八卦山 Bagua Mountain, Taiwan八卦拳 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)八卦阵 eight-trigram battle array六十四卦 the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经[Yì jīng]