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Kotomora

卦

a divination sign

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Readings

On'yomi

  • カ
  • カイ
  • ケ

Kun'yomi

  • うらかた

Meaning

卦 centers on a symbolic sign used in divination, representing a specific hexagram or trigram from the I Ching system.

Most common words using 卦

  • 八卦はっけ

    eight trigrams (divination signs); bagua

  • 卦け

    divination sign

  • 八卦掌はっけしょう

    eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang

  • 八卦鏡はっけきょう

    bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror

  • 六十四卦ろくじゅうしけ

    the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching

  • 卦体けたい

    odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

  • 卦兆かちょう

    divination signs

  • 卦算けいさん

    paperweight

  • 卦算冠けいさんかんむり

    kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)

  • 卦辞かじ

    commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)

  • 当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけ

    a prediction may or may not come true; only god knows what will happen

  • 有卦うけ

    streak of good luck

  • 有卦に入るうけにいる

    to have good luck

  • 本卦還りほんけがえり

    reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood

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Etymology

卦 combines 圭 (a jade tablet, possibly used in rituals) with 卜 (divination), suggesting a sign or symbol derived from divination practices.

Meaning mnemonic

A jade tablet 圭 beside a divination crack 卜: imagine an ancient diviner interpreting cracks on a jade tablet to produce a divination sign.

Reading mnemonic

For カ, picture a diviner holding a card with the hexagram sign: card -> カ, and the card reveals the divination sign.