爻
yáospelled as iao · 2nd tone — spelling rules
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦 bā guà, e.g. ☶
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Character Decomposition
爻=乂+乂
Etymology
Two marks 乂 on an oracle bone
Meanings
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦 bā guà, e.g. ☶
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