卦
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divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
8 strokes
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How 卦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
卜 (semantic, “divination”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 街 | jiē | street, road, thoroughfare |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 桂 | guì | cassia, cinnamon |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 哇 | wā | to vomit; an infant's cry |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 洼 | wā | pit, hollow, depression; swamp |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
| 诖 | guà | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |
Words containing 卦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 六十四卦 | liù shí sì guà | the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] |
| 八卦山 | Bā guà Shān | Bagua Mountain, Taiwan |
| 八卦拳 | bā guà quán | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) |
| 八卦掌 | bā guà zhǎng | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) |
| 八卦阵 | bā guà zhèn | eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics |
| 打卦 | dǎ guà | to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams |
| 卦义 | guà yì | interpretation of the divinatory trigrams |
| 变卦 | biàn guà | to change one's mind; to go back on one's word |
| 八卦 | bā guà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy |
| 算卦 | suàn guà | fortune telling |
| 卦辞 | guà cí | to interpret the divinatory trigrams |
| 卜卦 | bǔ guà | to divine using the eight trigrams |