八卦掌 bāguàzhǎng baguazhang Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 八卦 bāguà Eight Trigrams the eight divinatory symbols from the 易经 yìjīng, representing fundamental principles of reality; later used for fortune-telling and divination掌 zhǎng noun palm (bound form) palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw of an animal