阴爻

陰爻

yīnyáo

noun

Meanings

1 yin line; the broken line of an I Ching trigram or hexagram

Characters

line of a trigram or hexagram

Examples

HSK 6

阴爻中间断开，像两条短线。

Yīnyáo zhōngjiān duànkāi, xiàng liǎng tiáo duǎn xiàn.

A yin line is broken in the middle, like two short dashes.

HSK 7-9

坤卦的六爻全是阴爻。

Kūnguà de liù yáo quán shì yīnyáo.

All six lines of the Kun hexagram are yin lines.

Tips

culture

Paired with 阳爻, the solid line. Three lines stacked make a trigram, the 八卦 are the eight possible ones, and six make a hexagram. The 《易经》 names a yin line by the number 六: the bottom one is 初六.

Stroke Order

阴 yīn

爻 yáo