扐
lè
To divine; to push or shift.
Meaning
1. Ritual/Technical: The manual manipulation of tools used for divination (e.g., arranging yarrow stalks or casting lots).
2. General Physical Action: To push, shift, press, or move an object.
Grammar and usage
Verb denoting a manual action.
Distinctions
The sense of "divining" refers to the physical act of performing a ritual rather than an adjective meaning "sacred" or "godly."
Graphical notes
Contains the hand radical (扌), indicating a physical manual action.
Translator notes
This glyph is exceptionally rare. The gloss "divine" may be a specialized interpretation from specific texts; if the ritual sense does not fit the context, test for a general sense of physical manipulation or shifting.
Decontextualized translator aid. This page describes plausible lexical range; it does not choose what the glyph means in a particular passage.