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䷲

hexagram for the arousing thunder

Hexagram for the Arousing Thunder

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䷲ is Yijing Hexagram 51: shock that calls for composure and self-examination. It belongs to a divination tradition, not generic weather shorthand.

Text symbol

What ䷲ means

It means shock that tests your composure.

In the Zhou Yi, an ancient Chinese divination text traditionally placed around 1000 BCE, repeated thunder frightens people, yet the composed person keeps the vessel used for ritual offerings from spilling. The image turns fear into a prompt for reflection and action.

During the Han period in China, commentators linked Zhen—the name for the Thunder trigram—to wider cosmological patterns of change.

Its tone is divinatory and deliberately esoteric, not a casual weather reaction.

Combination ideas

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Thunder doubled: a sudden shock that shakes everything.
Shock comes, then laughter, as the hexagram’s text says.
Shock, then stillness: Hexagrams 51 and 52 in sequence.
Drew Hexagram 51, the Arousing, in today’s reading.

Questions people ask

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Why does ䷲ show as a box?

Missing font support. ䷲ is a text character, so a device whose font lacks its glyph may show an empty box.

Can I send Hexagram 51?

Yes, if the recipient knows the Yijing; otherwise, add a brief explanation of the hexagram.

Collections with ䷲

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How to type or find ䷲

Also called
Zhen · Hexagram 51 · The Arousing
Search it as
yijing · i ching
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 4DF2, then AltX to get ䷲.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hexagram for the arousing thunder”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 4df2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
䷲
CSS
\4DF2
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
䷲
HTML hex
䷲
CSS content
content: "\4DF2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%B7%B2
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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