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 𦁊 𬠎 𩳴 𫙌 𨵗(𬮯) 𥦛

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaa³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gua⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): koa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gua⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gua³
• Northern Min (KCR): gua̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): guá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵kua / ⁵ko
• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwaa³
    • Yale: gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³/
  • (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/
  • (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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa
    • Tâi-lô: kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /kua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kua
    • MiniDict: kua^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kua³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuɑ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kua⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ko
    • MiniDict: ko^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ko
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ko³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ko⁵²³/

Note:

• 5kua - literary;
• 5ko - 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/
Bernard 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. ^† to divine
3. ^† to change
4. ^† 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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

卦

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Noun

卦(け) • (ke) 

1. divination symbol or sign

Korean

Hanja

卦 (eum 괘 (gwae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卦: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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