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Kanji Detail for 蠱 - "pest, hex, bewitch, hexagram"

蠱

  • Meaning

    蠱 means "pest, hex, bewitch, hexagram."

    1. Pest - An insect that infests grain; a parasite.

    2. Hex - A curse; a spell; an insect used in sorcery.

    3. Bewitch - To deceive.

    4. Hexagram - One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rice worm; lead astray

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    poison; venom; harm; bewitch; hexagram ䷑

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    poison, venom; to bewitch, to harm

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

    Something that poisons and harms people. Legend says the Miao and Yao regions have this custom. They put gu poison in people's food and drink. It can make people become delirious and lose their senses. Confusing people through schemes is called 蠱惑 (bewitching). | Affairs. The Yijing says "Managing father's affairs." Meaning restoring a predecessor's ruined legacy. Therefore when a father has faults but the son is capable and virtuous, it is called 幹盡 (exhausting efforts).
  • Onyomitip

    ko(こ) こ

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  • Kunyomitip

    kobiru kobiru

    mado.wasu(まどわす) まどわす

    soko.nau(そこなう) そこなう

  • Strokestip

    23 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords
    pest insect infests grain parasite hex curse spell sorcery bewitch deceive hexagram sixty four hexagrams
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