List of hexagrams of the I Ching

This is a list of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, or Book of Changes, and their Unicode character codes.

Other variations include "the creative", "strong action", "the key", and "god".

Other variations include "difficulty at the beginning", "gathering support", and "hoarding".

The meaning of "屯" is collect, store up, stingy, and stationing troops.

Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Other variations include "youthful folly", "the young shoot", and "discovering".

Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 6 is named 訟 (sòng), arguing, dispute, litigation, conflict and "lawsuit".

Hexagram 11 is named 泰 (tài), "Pervading", “smooth going", "peace" and "greatness".

Hexagram 13 is named 同人 (tóng rén), "Concording People".

Hexagram 14 is named 大有 (dà yǒu), "Great Possessing".

Gu is the name of a venom-based poison traditionally used in Chinese witchcraft.

Hexagram 21 is named 噬嗑 (shì kè), "Gnawing Bite".

[3] Hexagram 22 is named 賁 (bì), "Adorning", "bright", "grace", "lush", and "luxuriance".

Hexagram 26 is named 大畜 (dà xù), "Great Accumulating".

Other variations include "the corners of the mouth (providing nourishment)", "jaws" and "comfort/security".

Hexagram 28 is named 大過 (dà guò), "Great Exceeding".

Other variations include "the abyss" (in the oceanographic sense) and "repeated entrapment".

The origin of the character has its roots in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix.

Other variations include "influence (wooing)", "feelings", "being affected", and "reciprocity".

Hexagram 34 is named 大壯 (dà zhuàng), "Great Invigorating".

Hexagram 36 is named 明夷 (míng yí), "Darkening of the Light".

Hexagram 37 is named 家人 (jiā rén), "Dwelling People".

Hexagram 41 is named 損 (sǔn), "Diminishing", "lose", "reduction", "remove", "damage", "decrease".

Hexagram 45 is named 萃 (cuì), "Clustering", "gathering together (massing)" and "finished".

The advice is to maintain one's concentration ("one did not lose the sacrificial wine in the ladle").

The symbol also means, "blunt, tough, and chewy like hard leather".

Hexagram 54 is named 歸妹 (guī mèi), "Converting the Maiden".

Hexagram 58 is named 兌 (duì), "Open", "exchange" "the joyous, lake" and "usurpation".