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
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
constancy; immutable
The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
change of rank
study of divination
change; alteration
divination; fortunetelling
trade; commerce
fortuneteller; diviner
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)
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)