Yellow River Map
| Yellow River Map (Hetu) | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 河圖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 河图 | ||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hétú | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | River Diagram/Picture | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese | Hà Đồ | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 하도 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 河図 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | かと | ||||||||
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The Yellow River Map, Scheme, or Diagram, also known by its Chinese name as the Hetu, is an ancient Chinese diagram that appears in myths concerning the invention of writing by Cangjie and other culture heroes. It is usually paired with the Luoshu Square—named in reference to the Yellow River's Luo tributary—and used with the Luoshu in various contexts involving Chinese geomancy, numerology, philosophy, and early natural science.