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Luopan

The luopan or geomantic compass is a Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a feng shui compass. It is used by a feng shui practitioner to determine the precise direction of a structure, place or item. A luopan contains information and formulas regarding its functions. The needle points towards the south magnetic pole.

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Hanyu Pinyin
luópán
Hokkien POJ
lô-pôaⁿ
Jyutping
lo4 pun4*2
Romanization
lu boe
Simplified Chinese
罗盘
Traditional Chinese
羅盤

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Luopan

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples56
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Luopan

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related to history · 12
Luopan → Along, At, BCE, Da Liu Ren, Hall, It, Light, Ming Tang, Taiyi, The, These, Warring States
related to San Yuan · 10
Luopan → Earth Plate Correct Needle, Flying Stars, It, Jiang Da Hong, San Yuan, The, This, Three Cycles, Yi Pan, Yijing
related to San He · 7
Luopan → Each, San He, Tang, The, The San He, This, Three Harmonies
related to Form and function · 6
Luopan → Heaven Center Cross Line, However, Like, Red Cross Grid Line, The, This
related to Other types · 4
Luopan → Each, Eight Mansions, English, Some
related to Types · 4
Luopan → Ming, Qing, Since, They
related to Zong He · 4
Luopan → It, San He, San Yuan, This
is a · 2
Luopan → direction finder, image of the cosmos
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Luopan → luópán
Hokkien POJ · 1
Luopan → lô-pôaⁿ

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compass magnetic feng shui chinese rings plate earth used known direction contains needle san also heaven early types three pan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LuopanHanyu Pinyinluópán1.00infobox
LuopanHokkien POJlô-pôaⁿ1.00infobox
LuopanJyutpinglo4 pun4*21.00infobox
LuopanRomanizationlu boe1.00infobox
LuopanSimplified Chinese罗盘1.00infobox
LuopanTraditional Chinese羅盤1.00infobox
LuopanTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinluópánWuRomanizationlu boeYue: CantoneseJyutpinglo4 pun4*2Southern MinHokkien POJlô-pôaⁿ1.00infobox
Luopanis adirection finder0.90text
Luopanis aimage of the cosmos0.90text
Luopanrelated to Form and functionLike0.60section
Luopanrelated to Form and functionHowever0.60section
Luopanrelated to Form and functionThe0.60section

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