technical
archaic

Meaning of

乩 means planchette divination; spirit writing (a Taoist practice of using a suspended stick to write characters). Pronounced jī.

  • planchette divination; spirit writing (a Taoist practice of using a suspended stick to write characters)

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

Dào
shi
men
zhèng
zài
jìn
xíng
shì
 
shì
shén
líng
gōu
tōng
 

The Taoist priests are conducting a planchette ceremony, attempting to communicate with the spirits.

pán
shàng
de
shā
shuō
lái
xiān
de
shì
 

The characters traced in sand on the planchette board are said to come from ancestral revelations.

Zài
dài
 
shì
zhǒng
cháng
jiàn
de
zhān
fāng
shì
 

In ancient times, planchette divination was a common method of fortune-telling.