a Chinese religious motif incorporating the eight trigrams of the I Ching, arranged octagonally around a symbol denoting the balance of yin and yang, or around a mirror.
(in feng shui) the ba gua motif regarded as a pattern determining the significance and auspicious qualities of spatial relationships.
[mass noun] a Chinese martial art in which movements are focused on a circle and the defence of eight points around it.
Origin:
from Chinese bā 'eight' + guà 'divinatory symbols'
