Chinese Word: 筊 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

筊Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 竹

Ideographic:Bamboo ⺮ used to tie 交 things; 交 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 交 [ jiāo ] to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix

Similar Characters: 芠

Pinyin: jiǎo

English Definition:bamboo rope

Chinese Definition:
①竹索。
②小箫。

Example Words:

筊杯	jiǎo bēi	see 杯珓
掷筊	zhì jiǎo	poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
杯筊	bēi jiǎo	see 杯珓

Pinyin: jiào

English Definition:variant of 珓

Chinese Definition:
①古同“珓”，迷信占卜的用具。

1		lìng yī gè 另一个 fāng fǎ 方法 zé 则 shì 是 pāo zhì 抛掷 liǎng gè 两个 xīn yuè 新月 zhuàng 状 de 的 jiǎo 筊 bēi 杯。 Another is to throw two prayer blocks that look like crescent moons.
2		nán tóu 南投 pǔ 埔 lǐ 里 de 的 shuǐ 水、 nán tóu 南投 pǔ 埔 lǐ 里 de 的 jiào 筊 bái sǔn 白笋 yǔ 与 nán tóu 南投 pǔ 埔 lǐ 里 de 的 rén 人， dōu 都 gēn 跟 guǎng xīng 广兴 de 的「 zhǐ 纸」 mì bù kě fēn 密不可分。 The water, bamboo shoot and people of Puli , Nantou are inseparable to Guang-Xing's 'paper'. The second generation owners, Mr. and Mrs.
3		jiè yóu 藉由 shǐ yòng zhě 使用者 diū 丢 zhì 掷「 bēi 杯 jiǎo 筊」 de 的 jié guǒ 结果 jué dìng 决定 yú 于 huà miàn 画面 chéng xiàn 呈现 de 的 xíng shì 形式 yǔ 与 xiàn chǎng 现场 zhuāng zhì 装置 de 的 dòng zuò 动作 huí kuì 回馈。 The result that viewer IIIcastsbamboo divination chips will determine how to display the screen and how tofeedback the motion by the device on-the-scene.