彖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 彐
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tuàn, shǐ
Cantonese: teon3 teon5
JapaneseKun: TOKU
JapaneseOn: TAN SHI
Korean: TAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine

CE-Dict: to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a chapter of generalization on divination on the Book of Changes; a work expounding the Book of Changes

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《彑部》彖豕走也。从彑，从豕省。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【彐字部】彖
【唐韻】通貫切【集韻】【韻會】土玩切【正韻】吐玩切，𠀤湍去聲。【說文】豕走也。　又【廣韻】易有彖象。【史記·孔子世家】孔子晚而喜易，序彖繫象說卦文言。【易·繫辭】彖者，言乎象者也。【註】彖總一卦之義也。【又】彖者，材也。【註】材，才德也。彖言成卦之材，以統卦義也。【周易正義】彖，斷也。斷定一卦之義，所以名爲彖也。　又【類篇】賞氏切，音矢。豕屬。　又敞尒切，音侈。義同。