爻

to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89)

4 strokes.

Readings

• コウ (on reading): 爻 (こう) yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of an I Ching trigram); 爻辞 (こうじ) commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
• ギョウ (on reading)
• まじわる (kun reading)

Components

• 乂
• 乂
• 爻 radical mix; crossing lines

Kanji containing 爻

• 爽 refreshing
• 爼 altar of sacrifice
• 爾 you
• 駁 refutation

Words using 爻

• 爻 (こう) yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of an I Ching trigram)
• 爻辞 (こうじ) commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
• 陽爻 (ようこう) yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram)
• 陰爻 (いんこう) yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram)

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