爻(yáo): the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
4 strokes
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- yáo
- Meaning
- the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 爻 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱乂乂Two marks 乂 on an oracle bone
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 爻 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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