Additionally, as for kuji in Onmyodo, there is a version in which Onmyoji chant, 'Suzaku, Genbu, Byakko, Kochin, Teigo (?), Buno, Santai, Tamame (or Gyokujo), Seiryu' while cutting the air 4 times vertically and 5 times horizontally described in literature about the henpai manners of Onmyodo in the Kamakura Period.
なお、陰陽道における九字では、古いものでは鎌倉期の陰陽道の反閇儀礼を伝える文献に四縦五横に切りながら「朱雀・玄武・白虎・勾陳・帝后（？）・文王・三台・玉女・青龍」を唱えるものがある。