Meaning & origin
Kun ☷
Also known as: Kun trigram
Three broken yin lines represent Earth, receptivity, and the capacity to nourish forms.
About this symbol
Three broken yin lines represent Earth, receptivity, and the capacity to nourish forms. 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
earthreceptivityfertilitysupportI Chingdivinationqifeng shuiarchetype