筊 — Chinese character
筊
xiáo
bamboo rope
- Pinyin
- xiáo
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 交
- Formation
- ideographic — Bamboo ⺮ used to tie 交 things; 交 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 筊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掷筊 (擲筊) | zhì jiǎo | (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi), with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer |
| 杯筊 | bēi jiǎo | see 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi) |
| 立筊 | lì jiǎo | (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi) (at least one block lands on its edge); result interpreted as unclear or e |
| 笑筊 | xiào jiǎo | (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi) (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deit |
| 筊杯 | jiǎo bēi | (folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the ground to seek a deity's response |
| 圣筊 (聖筊) | shèng jiǎo | (folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi) (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity |
| 阴筊 (陰筊) | yīn jiǎo | (folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi) (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.