Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bagua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: bagua
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.

name

A barangay of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà).

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does bagua mean?: The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
Where does bagua come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà).

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