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278:chien tung
248:kau4 chim1
242:Sidney Lau
82:newspapers
71:"Kau chim"
1396:Isopsephy
1354:Astrology
1344:Apophenia
1299:Rumpology
1294:Podomancy
1289:Palmistry
1139:Favomancy
1124:Belomancy
1096:Aeromancy
1086:Pyromancy
1079:Elemental
866:(in Thai)
842:zh:s:靈棋經序
719:Feng shui
660:chipboard
650:In 1915,
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1274:Haruspex
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1169:Opon Ifá
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383:qiāntǒng
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137:Kau chim
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1408:Onmyodo
1375:I Ching
1320:African
1144:Kumalak
1065:Dowsing
1042:Scrying
1017:Falnama
739:Omikuji
734:Jiaobei
614:seam si
606:siem si
602:เซียมซี
593:seam si
565:Seam Si
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442:History
430:and in
393:cimtung
370:Chinese
338:เซียมซี
330:siam si
322:Guanyin
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227:qiúqiān
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