Dong Chinese dictionary

yáo

diagrams for divination

Depicts two X shapes used as divinatory diagrams.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yáo

diagrams for divination; the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[bāguà], e.g. ☶

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Sources