Meaning & origin
Kan ☵
Also known as: Kan trigram
One solid line between two broken lines represents Water, depth, and movement through difficulty.
About this symbol
One solid line between two broken lines represents Water, depth, and movement through difficulty. Trigram lines are traditionally read from bottom to top. Within Bagua, the image describes a pattern of movement and change rather than a single fixed prediction. Interpretation is refined by its place in a hexagram, the question, and surrounding signs. Esoteric reading: in divination the sign represents an archetypal movement of qi and suggests which quality should be cultivated, balanced, or released. In feng shui it is associated with a direction, an element, and an area of life.
Key meanings
waterdepthdangermovementI Chingdivinationqifeng shuiarchetype