阳爻

陽爻

yángyáo

noun

Meanings

1 yang line; the solid line of an I Ching trigram or hexagram

Characters

line of a trigram or hexagram

Examples

HSK 6

阳爻是一条完整的横线。

Yángyáo shì yì tiáo wánzhěng de héngxiàn.

A yang line is one unbroken horizontal stroke.

HSK 7-9

乾卦由六个阳爻组成。

Qiánguà yóu liù ge yángyáo zǔchéng.

The Qian hexagram is made up of six yang lines.

Tips

culture

Paired with 阴爻, the broken line. Lines are counted from the bottom up, and the 《易经》 names a yang line by the number 九: the bottom one is 初九.

Stroke Order

阳 yáng

爻 yáo