Etymology

bagua

B3A1G2U1A1

Today it means: The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology. Full definition →

Mandarin 八卦
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from八卦
  2. English todaybagua

Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà).

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