筮ぜい竹ちく

noun

bamboo divination stick; I Ching stick

Specialized term for the 50 bamboo sticks used in traditional I Ching (易経) divination. Not an everyday word; encountered in contexts of Chinese-derived fortune-telling.

See also: 易経

• 易えき者しゃは筮ぜい竹ちくを手てに取とり、静しずかに並ならべ始はじめた。

  The diviner picked up the bamboo divination sticks and began to arrange them quietly.