えき
Meanings
Noun
1. type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks
2. The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
Pitch accent
え
き
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
study of divination
trade; commerce
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
fortuneteller; diviner
constancy; immutable
I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing
divination; fortunetelling
divination (based on the Book of Changes)
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
change; alteration
I Ching divination
regional trade; intra-trade
to divine
the death of a scholar
three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)