繇 (zhòu): divinatory text; the explanator…

Meanings

占卜的人念出卦的繇辞。

Zhānbǔ zhòu

The diviner read the explanatory text of the hexagram aloud.

这卦的繇辞预示着大事。

Zhòu

The hexagram's words foretold a great undertaking.

history

Read zhòu, 繇 names the 繇辞, the divinatory verdict attached to a hexagram or trigram in ancient 易经 practice.

radical

糸 sī

silk; thread

糸 is the silk radical at the bottom. The original sense was following or attendant threads, later borrowed for labor service and song.

phonetic

䍃 yáo

pottery jar

䍃 supplies the sound yáo, the same phonetic seen in 谣 and 摇. It carries the reading, not the meaning.

繇 zhòu