卦

卦 U+5366, 卦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5366 ← 卥 [U+5365] CJK Unified Ideographs 卧 → [U+5367]

Translingual

Han character

卦 (Kangxi radical 25, 卜+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土土卜 (GGY), four-corner 4310₀, composition ⿰圭卜)

Derived characters

• 啩, 掛, 褂, 罫

Additional Derived Characters

• 𰻀, 𱣧, 𦁊, 𬠎, 𩳴, 𫙌, 𥦛, 𨵗(𬮯), 𥼎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2798
• Dae Jaweon: page 362, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 94, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5366

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s02375 Transcribed ancient scripts L23863 L23864
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷreːs): phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː) + semantic 卜. However, the phonetic component has a reference to a ritual since it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guà (gua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua⁴

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): guā

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaa³

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gwaa³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gua⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): koa

  (Hailu, HRS): gua^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gua⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gua³
• Northern Min (KCR): gua̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): guá
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gua⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòa / kòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê³

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gua³

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gwaa³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kua / ⁵ko / ⁵kuo
  • (Jinhua): ⁵kua
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gua⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guà
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴
    • Yale: gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guah
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gua⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua²¹³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: guā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwaa³
    • Yale: gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: gwaa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷa³²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koa
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /kua¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kua⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gua³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kua⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gua̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gua⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gua̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nan'an, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa
    • Tâi-lô: kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koax
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /kua²¹/
    • IPA (Nan'an): /kua³¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /kuɛ¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: gua³
    • Sinological IPA: /kua²¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: gwaa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷa⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kua
    • MiniDict: kua^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kua³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kuɑ³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuɑ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kua⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kua⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /kua⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ko
    • MiniDict: ko^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ko
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ko³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ko³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ko³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ko⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ko⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ko³³⁴/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kuo
    • MiniDict: kuo^去
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kuo³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuo³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kuo⁵⁵/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kua
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kuɑ⁵⁵/

Note:

• 5kua - literary;
• 5ko/5kuo - vernacular.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kweaH

Rime
Character	卦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古賣切
Baxter	kweaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjH/
Li Rong	/kuɛH/
Wang Li	/kwaiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤre-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷreːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guà
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁre-s/
English	prognosticate with Achillea
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卦
Reading #	1/1
No.	4556
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卦
Old Chinese	/*kʷreːs/

Definitions

卦

1. divinatory trigram or hexagram of the I Ching

   卦辭／卦辞  ―  guàcí  ―  hexagram statement in the I Ching

   卦限  ―  guàxiàn  ―  octant (eight divisions of a Euclidean three-dimensional coordinate system)

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to divine
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to change
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 掛 / 挂 (guà)

Compounds

• 上卦
• 下卦
• 互卦
• 內卦 / 内卦
• 八卦 (bāguà)
• 八卦山 (Bāguàshān)
• 卜卦 (bǔguà)
• 占卦 (zhānguà)
• 卦候
• 卦命
• 卦姑 (guàgū)
• 卦氣 / 卦气
• 卦爻
• 卦禮 / 卦礼
• 卦筒
• 卦義 / 卦义
• 卦變 / 卦变
• 卦象
• 卦辭 / 卦辞 (guàcí)
• 卦限 (guàxiàn)
• 打卦 (dǎguà)
• 易卦 (yìguà)
• 算卦 (suànguà)
• 紙牌卦 / 纸牌卦
• 翻卦
• 課卦 / 课卦
• 變卦 / 变卦 (biànguà)
• 陳卦 / 陈卦

References

• “卦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 卦

卦

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: か (ka)
• Kun: うらかた (urakata)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
卦
け Hyōgai
goon

Noun

卦(け) • (ke) 

1. divination symbol or sign

Derived terms

• 有卦(うけ) (uke)
• 八卦(はっけ) (hakke)
• 六十四卦(ろくじゅうしけ) (rokujūshike)

Korean

Hanja

卦 (eum 괘 (gwae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卦: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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