兑卦
duì​guà

Dui hexagram

兑 duì, ruì, duó exchange Simplified

Original meaning: joyous

Simplified form of 兌. Depicts words (八) coming out of a person's (人) mouth (口).

Components

八
八 IconicSimplified component
bā eight

Represents words coming out of the mouth.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Component uses

Sound (5 of 7 verified)

说税脱阅锐悦説

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蜕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwajHlˤot-s passage; opening
dwajHlˤot-s glad

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

卦 guà fortune telling

Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
卜
卜 Meaning component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

褂掛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkweaH[k]ʷˤre-s prognosticate with Achillea

說文解字

《說文》：“卦，筮也。从卜，圭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

兌 exchange Traditional

Original meaning: joyous

Depicts words (八) coming out of a person's (人) mouth (口).

Components

八
八 Iconic component
bā eight

Represents words coming out of the mouth.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 7 verified)

說脫閱銳稅蛻悅

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蛻

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“兌，說也。从儿，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)