爻 Radical 89 — the crossed lines of a hexagram; interchange, alternation
yáo (second tone, rising)
the crossed lines of a hexagram; interchange, alternation
Radical 894 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
Two X-shapes crossed and stacked, the broken and unbroken lines of divination doubled to show them changing into one another — the pattern read for chance and pattern in the Yijing’s hexagrams. Hands manipulating a pair of these crossed counting or divining sticks above a child give the top of 学, to learn, study; the same crossed pattern marked clearly on a chest gives 爽, bright, clear, refreshing.
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