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八卦掌 (hakkeshou)

Romaji: hakkeshou

Meaning

  1. eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang (MA)

Kanji and stroke order

eight, eight radical (no. 12)
on: ハチ、ハツ
kun: や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう
2 strokes · JLPT 4
a divination sign
on: カ、カイ、ケ
kun: うらかた
8 strokes
palm of hand, rule, administer
on: ショウ
kun: てのひら、たなごころ
12 strokes · JLPT 1

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