卦
a divination sign
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
Study
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.