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]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 卜 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 卦
- Common rank
- #2,963
- Unicode
- U+5366
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Formation & memory
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Words with 卦
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 六十四卦 | the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] | |
| 八卦山 | Bagua Mountain, Taiwan | |
| 八卦拳 | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) | |
| 八卦掌 | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) | |
| 八卦阵 | eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics | |
| 打卦 | to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams | |
| 卦义 | interpretation of the divinatory trigrams | |
| 变卦 | to change one's mind; to go back on one's word | |
| 八卦 | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy | |
| 算卦 | fortune telling | |
| 卦辞 | to interpret the divinatory trigrams | |
| 卜卦 | to divine using the eight trigrams |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 圭 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound part | jade tablet | |
| 挂 | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense | |
| 鞋 | shoes, footwear in general | |
| 街 | street, road, thoroughfare | |
| 佳 | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful | |
| 桂 | cassia, cinnamon | |
| 硅 | silicon | |
| 哇 | to vomit; an infant's cry | |
| 闺 | women's quarters; lady's apartment | |
| 蛙 | frog | |
| 奎 | a man's stride; a constellation | |
| 洼 | pit, hollow, depression; swamp | |
| 畦 | sections in a vegetable farm | |
| 眭 | a piercing gaze; the evil eye | |
| 筀 | bamboo (archaic) | |
| 絓 | to hinder, to obstruct | |
| 鲑 | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis | |
| 恚 | anger, rage | |
| 诖 | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |