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卦

guà

Character

What 卦 means

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}

Words starting with 卦

• 卦义guà yìinterpretation of the divinatory trigrams
• 卦辞guà cíto interpret the divinatory trigrams

Words containing 卦

• 八卦bā guàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy
• 变卦biàn guàto change one's mind; to go back on one's word
• 卜卦bǔ guàto divine using the eight trigrams
• 打卦dǎ guàto tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
• 算卦suàn guàfortune telling
• 八卦山Bā guà ShānBagua Mountain, Taiwan
• 八卦拳bā guà quánbaguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
• 八卦掌bā guà zhǎngbaguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
• 八卦阵bā guà zhèneight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics
• 六十四卦liù shí sì guàthe 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经

Characters built on 圭

These share the phonetic component 圭 (guī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 诖guàto deceive; to disturb

Characters that look like 卦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 妍yánbeautiful
• 耷dā(literary) big ears; (bound form) to droop

Sounds the same

Read guà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 挂to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 褂(bound form) Chinese-style unlined garment; gown
• 诖to deceive; to disturb
• 絓to hinder; to offend; to form
• 罫squares of a chess board
• 罣variant of 挂
• 袿old variant of 褂