八卦
Chinese
eight | divinatory trigram | ||
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simp. and trad. (八卦) |
八 | 卦 |
Etymology
The figurative sense reportedly originates from the practice of using trigrams to censor explicit body parts on some Hong Kong tabloids.
Pronunciation
Noun
八卦
- eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching
- 八卦以象告,爻彖以情言,剛柔雜居,而吉凶可見矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 3rd – 2nd millennia BCE
- Bāguà yǐ xiàng gào, yáo tuàn yǐ qíng yán, gāngróu zájū, ér jíxiōng kějiàn yǐ. [Pinyin]
- The eight trigrams communicate their information by their emblematic figures. The explanations appended to the lines and the completed figures tell how the contemplation of them affected (the makers). The strong and the weak lines appear mixed in them, and (thus) the good and the evil (which they indicate) can be seen.
八卦以象告,爻彖以情言,刚柔杂居,而吉凶可见矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figuratively) gossip; tittle-tattle; rumour
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 |
け Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
/pæti kʷe/ → */patikke/ → /fakke/ → /hakke/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC pˠɛt̚ kˠuɛH).
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Noun
八卦 (hiragana はっけ, rōmaji hakke, historical hiragana はちけ)
- bagua: the eight divinatory trigrams of the 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching”):
- (by extension) augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling; particularly using bagua trigrams
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 八卦置き (hakke-oki)
- 八卦鏡 (hakkekyō)
- 八卦見 (hakkemi)
- はっけよい (hakkeyoi)
- 辻八卦 (tsuji-hakke)
- 年八卦 (toshi-hakke)
Idioms
- 当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 (ataru mo hakke ataranu mo hakke)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はつ > はっ Grade: 1 |
か Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
/pætu kʷa/ → /fakkwa/ → /hakka/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC pˠɛt̚ kˠuɛH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Derived terms
- 後天八卦 (kōten hakka)
- 先天八卦 (senten hakka)
See also
- 八卦掌 (hakkeshō, “baguazhang”)
- 六十四卦 (rokujūshike)
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