[ bα:'gwα: ]
(also pa kua )
■ noun
1》 a Chinese religious motif incorporating the eight trigrams of the I Ching, arranged around a symbol denoting the balance of yin and yang.
2》 a Chinese martial art in which movements are focused on a circle and the defence of eight points around it.
Origin
from Chin. bā 'eight' + guà 'divinatory symbols'.