What 𝌡 means
Together, they identify the Tai Xuan Jing’s figure for change.
A tetragram is a figure made of four lines. In this system, each line can be solid, divided into two parts or divided into three parts. Those three forms are associated with heaven, earth and humanity. Four positions with three possibilities each produce 81 distinct figures; 𝌡 is one of them.
The Chinese scholar Yang Xiong first drafted the Tai Xuan Jing in 2 BCE, drawing on the older Yijing, also called the I Ching or Book of Changes. These works use line figures and accompanying texts to interpret situations through divination. The Tai Xuan Jing develops its own four-line system, while the Yijing’s hexagrams have six lines, each either solid or broken. “Change” is the name of this particular figure, not a complete prediction or a promise of good luck.
A historical divination symbol with a specific meaning within the Tai Xuan Jing.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝌡 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tai Xuan Jing Symbols block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𝌡
- Also called
- 更 · Gēng
- Search it as
- geng · Tai Xuan Jing · Tai Xuan change · four-line change symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝌡\1D321Codes and encoding1 code points
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