shì筮
筮
common
Meaning of 筮
筮 means to divine using yarrow stalks; to practice milfoil divination. Pronounced shì.
- to divine using yarrow stalks; to practice milfoil divination
Character Info
Radical竹
Strokes13
Components
竹
巫
Stroke Order
筮
Definitions & Examples
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yòng用
shì筮
lái来
yù预
cè测
jí吉
xiōng凶
。
Ancient people often used yarrow divination to predict good or bad fortune.
Shì筮
yǔ与
bǔ卜
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
liǎng两
zhǒng种
zhòng重
yào要
de的
zhān占
bǔ卜
fāng方
fǎ法
。
Divination by yarrow and by tortoise shell were two important methods of fortune-telling in ancient China.
Tā他
tōng通
guò过
shì筮
dé得
dào到
le了
yī一
gè个
jí吉
zhào兆
。
He obtained a good omen through divination.