八卦
Chinese
eight | divinatory trigram | ||
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trad. (八卦) | 八 | 卦 | |
simp. #(八卦) | 八 | 卦 |
Etymology
The figurative sense reportedly originates from the practice of using trigrams to censor explicit body parts on some Hong Kong tabloids.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- 八卦雜誌/八卦杂志 ― bāguà zázhì ― gossip magazine; tabloid magazine
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (八卦):
- → Japanese: 八卦 (hakka); 八卦 (hakke)
- → Korean: 팔괘(八卦) (palgwae)
- → Vietnamese: bát quái (八卦)
Others:
- → English: bagua, pa kua
- → Italian: bagua
- → Tagalog: bagua
Verb
八卦
- (figurative) to gossip; to tittle-tattle
Synonyms
- 嚼舌 (jiáoshé)
- 嚼舌頭/嚼舌头 (jiáo shétou)
Adjective
八卦
- (figurative) prone to gossip; gossipy
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 | け Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
/pæti kʷe/ → */patikke/ → /fakke/ → /hakke/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC pˠat̚ kˠuɛH).
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) はっけ [hàkké] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ha̠k̚ke̞]
Noun
八卦 • (hakke) ←はちけ (fatike)?
- bagua: the eight divinatory trigrams of the 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching”):
- ☰ - 乾 (ken, “qián”)
- ☱ - 兌 (da, “duì”)
- ☲ - 離 (ri, “lí”)
- ☳ - 震 (shin, “zhèn”)
- ☴ - 巽 (son, “xùn”)
- ☵ - 坎 (kan, “kǎn”)
- ☶ - 艮 (gon, “gèn”)
- ☷ - 坤 (kon, “kūn”)
- (by extension) augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling; particularly using bagua trigrams
- Synonyms: 占い (uranai), 占術 (senjutsu), 占卜 (senboku), 卜占 (bokusen)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 八卦置き (hakke-oki)
- 八卦鏡 (hakkekyō)
- 八卦見 (hakkemi)
- はっけよい (hakkeyoi)
- 辻八卦 (tsuji-hakke)
- 年八卦 (toshi-hakke)
Idioms
- 当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 (ataru mo hakke ataranu mo hakke)
Proper noun
八卦 • (Hakke) ←はちけ (fatike)?
- a place name
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
はつ > はっ Grade: 1 | か Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
/pætu kʷa/ → /fakkwa/ → /hakka/
From Middle Chinese 八卦 (MC pˠat̚ kˠuɛH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) はっか [hàkkáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [ha̠k̚ka̠]
Noun
八卦 • (hakka) ←はつくわ (fatukwa)?
- same as はっけ (hakke) above
Derived terms
- 後天八卦 (kōten hakka)
- 先天八卦 (senten hakka)
See also
- 八卦掌 (hakkeshō, “baguazhang”)
- 六十四卦 (rokujūshike)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
Noun
八卦 • (palgwae) (hangeul 팔괘)
- Hanja form? of 팔괘 (“bagua”).
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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八 | 卦 |
Noun
八卦
- chữ Hán form of bát quái (“bagua”).