八卦 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Ba Gua

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bā guà

八卦 is the Chinese title for Bagua or Ba Gua.

Simply put, this represents the eight elements often seen around the yin-yang symbol.

Ba Gua Zhang

Martial arts term

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bā guà zhǎng

hakkeshou

八卦掌 is the title Baguazhang, a form of Chinese boxing.

Literally translated, this means “Eight Trigrams Palm.

You will see this romanized as “Ba Gua Zhang,” or “Pa Kua Chang” (same characters, just different romanization used in mainland China versus Taiwan).

八卦掌 is also known in Japan as hakkeshou or hakkesho.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
八卦 see styles	bā guà ba1 gua4 pa kua hatsuke はつけ	More info & calligraphy: Ba Gua the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經\|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy (1) eight trigrams; divination signs; (2) divination; fortune-telling; (place-name) Hatsuke eight trigrams
八卦掌 see styles	bā guà zhǎng ba1 gua4 zhang3 pa kua chang hakkeshou / hakkesho はっけしょう	More info & calligraphy: Ba Gua Zhang baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) {MA} eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang
八卦山 see styles	bā guà shān ba1 gua4 shan1 pa kua shan	八卦山 Custom Scroll Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
八卦拳 see styles	bā guà quán ba1 gua4 quan2 pa kua ch`üan pa kua chüan	八卦拳 Custom Scroll baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
八卦鏡 see styles	hakkekyou / hakkekyo はっけきょう	八卦鏡 Custom Scroll bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror
八卦陣八卦阵 see styles	bā guà zhèn ba1 gua4 zhen4 pa kua chen	八卦陣 Custom Scroll eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics
高八卦 see styles	takahakke たかはっけ	高八卦 Custom Scroll (surname) Takahakke
高八卦山 see styles	takabakkeyama たかばっけやま	高八卦山 Custom Scroll (place-name) Takabakkeyama
煉丹八卦爐炼丹八卦炉 see styles	liàn dān bā guà lú lian4 dan1 ba1 gua4 lu2 lien tan pa kua lu	煉丹八卦爐 Custom Scroll eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 see styles	atarumohakkeataranumohakke あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけ	Buy Custom Scroll (expression) (proverb) a prediction may or may not come true; only god knows what will happen

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Ba Gua	八卦		bā guà / ba1 gua4 / ba gua / bagua	pa kua / pakua
Ba Gua Zhang	八卦掌	hakkeshou / hakesho	bā guà zhǎng ba1 gua4 zhang3 ba gua zhang baguazhang	pa kua chang pakuachang