六十四卦

liùshísì guà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the sixty-four hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Yìjīng 》 yígòng yǒu liùshísì guà.
The Book of Changes has sixty-four hexagrams in all.
HSK 7-9
Bǎ bāguà liǎngliǎng chóngdié qǐlai, jiù dédào le liùshísì guà.
Stacking the eight trigrams in every pairing gives the sixty-four hexagrams.

Tips

culture
Each hexagram is six lines, 爻, each solid yang or broken yin, so two to the sixth power gives sixty-four. Every hexagram has a name and a short judgment; the sequence opens with Qian, Heaven, and Kun, Earth, and closes with 既济 'Already Across' and 未济 'Not Yet Across'.

Stroke Order

六 liù
十 shí
四 sì
卦 guà