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卦: divination sign

divination sign
8 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

On
カ・カイ・ケ
Kun
うらかた

In 八卦 and 六十四卦 it is read け, not か. The proverb 当たるも八卦、当たらぬも八卦 is about fortune-telling.

Key words

八卦はっけdivination; the eight trigrams
卦けdivination sign
六十四卦ろくじゅうしけthe 64 hexagrams
有卦に入るうけにはいるto be on a lucky streak

Example sentences

I had a fortune-teller by the station read my luck for this year.

In the I Ching, good or bad fortune is judged by the hexagram that comes up.

The 64 hexagrams at the heart of the I Ching are made from combinations of six lines.

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