八はっ卦け

noun

eight trigrams; bagua

Refers to the eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching (易経). Used in traditional Chinese-derived cosmology and fortune-telling.

• 八はっ卦けは易えき経きょうの基き本ほんとなる八やっつの図ず形けいです。

  The bagua are the eight fundamental figures of the I Ching.

noun

divination; fortune-telling

By extension, refers to fortune-telling or divination in general, often using the eight trigrams. Common in set phrases like 八卦見 (はっけみ, fortune-teller).

• 彼かれは八はっ卦けで運うん勢せいを占うらなってもらった。

  He had his fortune told using the eight trigrams.