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Kanji Detail for 筮 - "divining stick, divine"

筮

  • Meaning

    筮 means "divining stick, divine."

    1. Divining stick - A rod used for fortune-telling.

    2. Divine - To tell fortunes.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    (water) divining equipment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    divination with stalks of plants; divining rod

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    divine by stalk

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    divination using the stalks of plants; divining rod

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Divining fortune with yarrow stalks. Later called going out to take office 筮仕. Based on (Zuo Zhuan).
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    zei(ぜい) ぜい

  • Kunyomitip

    medogi medogi

    urana.u(うらなう) うらなう

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords
    divining stick rod fortune telling divine tell fortunes
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