Chinese Character 卦 Meanings and components.

Form

卦

Meaning

卦 meaning[3] in English

Divinatory Diagram.

One Of The Eight Divinatory Trigrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1].

One Of The Sixty-Four Divinatory Hexagrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (old) jade tablet … (圭) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical[1] is: 卜 (bo5) which means: Surname Bu, .卜bo5surname Bu

In cangjie it is written with GGY

How to write 卦

To write卦gua4divinatory diagram you should write a combination of 圭gui1(old) jade … , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吅 shape:

圭 + 卜 = 卦

卦 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卦 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卦, looks as follow:

卦
Pinyin:gua4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Divinatory Diagram . One Of The Eight Divinatory Trigrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1] . One Of The Sixty-Four Divinatory Hexagrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1]
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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