卦

guà
#3,113 most
frequent character
divinatory diagram

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

卦 combines 卜, divination, as its meaning part with 圭 guī for sound. It first meant 'divining with yarrow sticks,' then grew to mean the trigrams and hexagrams of the Yijing. The sound starts like 圭.

卦 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Homophones

HSK 4
挂guà
to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)

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