Hanja Analyzer
卦

卦 — gwae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
점괘 괘
Romanization
gwae
English
fortune telling; tell fortunes
Mandarin
guà
Japanese on'yomi
ケ, カ, カイ
Japanese kun'yomi
うらかた
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
卜 (25, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
圭
Unicode
U+5366

Parts that make up 卦

  • 圭 서옥(瑞玉)/쌍토 규sound 위아래로 겹친 옥 홀 둘주로 소리를 나타낸다
  • 卜 점 복 불에 갈라진 거북등점치는 일. ‘복’ 계열의 소리

How 卦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 卦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 圭, 卜.

Korean example words with 卦

  • 길괘吉卦 Korean gloss: 좋은 점괘
  • 괘조卦兆 Korean gloss: 점술에서, 점괘에 나타나는 길흉의 현상
  • 점괘占卦 Korean gloss: 점을 쳐서 나오는 괘. 이 괘를 풀이하여 길흉을 판단한다
  • 알괘알卦 Korean gloss: 알 만한 일
  • 흉괘凶卦 Korean gloss: 언짢은 점괘.
  • 괘서卦筮 Korean gloss: 점을 치는 일.
  • 상괘上卦 Korean gloss: 가장 좋은 점괘.
  • 하괘下卦 Korean gloss: 길하지 아니한 점괘(占卦).
  • 문괘問卦 Korean gloss: 점괘로 길흉화복을 알아보는 일.
  • 괘사卦辭 Korean gloss: 점괘를 쉽게 풀어서 써 놓은 글.
  • 괘판卦版 Korean gloss: 괘를 그려서 점치는 데 쓰는 판.
  • 괘변卦變 Korean gloss: 괘가 변하는 것을 보고 점치는 일.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 卦

  • 卦け divination sign
  • 卦算けいさん paperweight
  • 八卦はっけ eight trigrams (divination signs); bagua; divination
  • 有卦うけ streak of good luck
  • 卦辞かじ commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
  • 卦兆かちょう divination signs
  • 卦体けたい odd; strange; queer
  • 八卦掌はっけしょう eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang
  • 卦算冠けいさんかんむり kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)
  • 八卦鏡はっけきょう bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror
  • 本卦還りほんけがえり reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood
  • 六十四卦ろくじゅうしけ the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching

Characters sharing the phonetic 圭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “괘”

Other hanja with radical 卜

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