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Meaning of 揲

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Pinyin: shé
English Definition: sort out divining stalks
Chinese Definition:
①按定数更迭数物,分成等分。古代多用于数蓍草占卦,以卜吉凶。[合]揲蓍(蓍,蓍草。古人用数点蓍草茎的占卜方法来卜卦,以预测吉利与否,称为揲蓍);揲揲锤锤(形容蟋蟀的叫声)。
②“舍”的代字。舍亲。[例]有这等没天理的?揲老性命织识他!——《二刻拍案惊奇》。
③另见dié。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shǒu ] hand
    • [ ] table; flat pieces of wood; a slip, a leaf
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