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: 手 Pictophonetic:枼 indicates the sound;
扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 枼 [ yè ] table; flat pieces of wood; a slip, a leaf