卦 guà

fortune telling; tell fortunes

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DEFINITIONS

  • fortune telling
  • tell fortunes
  • 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]

STROKES

WORDS

八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
变卦 biàn guà to change one's mind; to go back on one's word
算卦 suàn guà fortune telling
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
八卦陣 bā guà zhèn eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics
六十四卦 liù shí sì guà the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the trigrams; fortune telling
卦义 guà yì interpretation of the divinatory trigrams
卦義 guà yì interpretation of the divinatory trigrams
卦辞 guà cí to interpret the divinatory trigrams
卦辭 guà cí to interpret the divinatory trigrams
打卦 dǎ guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
變卦 biàn guà to change one's mind; to go back on one's word
乾卦 qián guà the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes (I Ching); the Creative heaven hexagram symbolizing firmness and creativity
铜卦 tóng guà copper trigrams; part of ancient Chinese divination using trigrams
坎卦 kǎn guà the hexagram representing water, indicating danger and difficulty
主卦 zhǔ guà the host hexagram, in this case, also representing water
客卦 kè guà the guest hexagram, also representing water in this context
卦象 guà xiàng hexagram image; the symbolic representation of a hexagram in the I Ching
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