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爻 means 'divination'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 89    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 4 words   Component in 29 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Additional readings
On    コウ   ギョウ
Kun    まじわる to mix with, to associate with, to join, double X radical (no. 89)
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Notes
This radical has just one Joyo kanji, 爽 (refreshing), and some sources don't even categorize 爽 under radical 89! Nor do sources agree on the Japanese name of this radical, but that makes things more interesting because the various possibilities are colorful.
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⿱  㐅 (乂) crossed swords  乂 crossed swords  
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Most useful words
noun
yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram)  (see also: 卦)
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noun
commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
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noun
yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram)  (see also: 爻)
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noun
yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram)  (see also: 爻)
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爻
divination
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㐅
crossed swords
乂
crossed swords
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