Chinese Character 卦 (gwaa3 | gua4) : one of the eight diagrams of Book of Changes

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卦
gwaa3 gua4
one of the eight diagrams of the Book of Changes Stroke count: 8 Level: 3 Radical: 卜 (#25) This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
卦
Don't confuse with: 封
* This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate * This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008
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八卦 baat3 gwaa3 ba1 gua4 = the eight trigrams; gossip 八卦週刊 baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon1 = a muckraking weekly 八卦雜誌 baat3 gwaa3 zaap6 zi3 = a gossip magazine 卦命先生 gwaa3 meng6 sin1 saang1 = [n] a fortune teller 八卦公 baat3 gwaa3 gung1 = a gossip (male) 八卦妹 baat3 gwaa3 mui61 = a gossip (female) 八卦婆 baat3 gwaa3 po42 = a gossip (old woman); a bitch 諸事八卦 zyu1 si6 baat3 gwaa3 = nosey; busybody 占卦先生 zim1 gwaa3 sin1 saang1 = a fortune teller 占卦 zim1 gwaa3 = divination See all 12 compounds

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Decimal representation of this word: 卦
Unicode code for this character: U+5366 (off-site link)

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