八卦
Chinese edit
eight | divinatory trigram | ||
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trad. (八卦) | 八 | 卦 | |
simp. #(八卦) | 八 | 卦 |
Etymology edit
The figurative sense reportedly originates from the practice of using trigrams to censor explicit body parts on some Hong Kong tabloids.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
八卦
- bagua (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。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century 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。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figurative) gossip; tittle-tattle; rumour
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (八卦):
Others:
Verb edit
八卦
- (figurative) to gossip; to tittle-tattle
Synonyms edit
Adjective edit
八卦
- (figurative) prone to gossip; gossipy
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 |
け Hyōgaiji |
goon |
/pæti kʷe/ → */patikke/ → /fakke/ → /hakke/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC peat kweaH).
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- bagua: the eight divinatory trigrams of the 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching”):
- (by extension) augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling; particularly using bagua trigrams
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Derived terms
Idioms edit
- 当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 (ataru mo hakke ataranu mo hakke)
Proper noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はつ > はっ Grade: 1 |
か Hyōgaiji |
kan’on |
/pætu kʷa/ → /fakkwa/ → /hakka/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC peat kweaH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- same as はっけ (hakke) above
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- 八卦掌 (hakkeshō, “baguazhang”)
- 六十四卦 (rokujūshike)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
Noun edit
八卦