yáo

technical
noun
common

Meaning of

爻 means line in the Eight Trigrams (Bagua); solid (yang) or broken (yin) horizontal line. Pronounced yáo.

  • line in the Eight Trigrams (Bagua); solid (yang) or broken (yin) horizontal line

Character Info

Radical
Strokes4

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
guà
yóu
liù
yáo
chéng
 

This hexagram consists of six lines (yao).

Yáng
yáo
yòng
tiáo
cháng
héng
xiàn线
biǎo
shì
 

The yang line is represented by a long solid horizontal line.

jīng
zhōng
de
měi
yáo
dōu
yǒu
dìng
de
hán
 

Each line (yao) in the I Ching has a specific meaning.

Chū
yáo
dài
biǎo
shì
qing
de
kāi
shǐ
jiē
duàn
 

The first line represents the beginning stage of a matter.

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