Hexagram - Ke

Japanese: 卦 - け

〘Noun〙 The symbols that appear as a result of fortune-telling using the I Ching . Two types of lines representing yin and yang are combined in triplicate to form eight shapes: Qian, Dui , Li , Zhen , Xun , Kan, Gen, and Kun. These are called the Eight Trigrams, and in the I Ching (Zhouyi), these Eight Trigrams are further combined in pairs, one above the other, to form 64 Trigrams. These Eight Trigrams and 64 Trigrams are used to read all the changes between heaven and earth and to judge good and bad fortune. ※Shoku Nihongi - Reiki Year 1 (715), August Ding Chou "The front legs _{are lined with two} _separate hexagrams. The back legs are lined with _two single lines _. " ※Reader - Folk Tales Lightning Cover (1806) 2 "Raigoin respectfully laid down the hexagram (Ke) and gave it some thought."

Kakwa [hexagram]

〘Noun〙 The shape that appears on the counting stick in the I Ching . This is used to predict good or bad fortune. → Hexagram. ※Yomihon Eishoushi (1749) 5 "The hexagram is laid out, and after some thought, it is said." [I Ching - Explanation of Hexagram]

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Japanese:

〘名〙易(えき)で占った結果あらわれる象(かたち)。陰と陽とを示す二種の爻(こう)を、三つ組み合わせた乾(けん)・兌(だ)・離・震・巽(そん)・坎(かん)・艮(ごん)・坤(こん)の八つの形を基本として、これを八卦といい、易経（周易）では、この八卦をさらに二つずつ上下に組み合わせて六十四卦とする。この八卦、六十四卦によって、天地間のあらゆる変化をよみとり、吉凶を判断する。※続日本紀‐霊亀元年（715）八月丁丑「前脚並有_二離卦_一。後脚並有_二一爻_一」※読本・昔話稲妻表紙（1806）二「頼豪院恭く卦(ケ)を敷下し、考を施していはく」