| Yijing Hexagram Symbols | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+4DC0..U+4DFF (64 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Assigned | 64 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 4.0 (2003) | 64 (+64) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1] [2] Range used for Hangul syllables prior to Unicode 2.0 (see Hangul Supplementary-B). | |
Yijing Hexagram Symbols is a Unicode block containing the 64 hexagrams from the I Ching .
| Yijing Hexagram Symbols [1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+4DCx | ䷀ | ䷁ | ䷂ | ䷃ | ䷄ | ䷅ | ䷆ | ䷇ | ䷈ | ䷉ | ䷊ | ䷋ | ䷌ | ䷍ | ䷎ | ䷏ |
| U+4DDx | ䷐ | ䷑ | ䷒ | ䷓ | ䷔ | ䷕ | ䷖ | ䷗ | ䷘ | ䷙ | ䷚ | ䷛ | ䷜ | ䷝ | ䷞ | ䷟ |
| U+4DEx | ䷠ | ䷡ | ䷢ | ䷣ | ䷤ | ䷥ | ䷦ | ䷧ | ䷨ | ䷩ | ䷪ | ䷫ | ䷬ | ䷭ | ䷮ | ䷯ |
| U+4DFx | ䷰ | ䷱ | ䷲ | ䷳ | ䷴ | ䷵ | ䷶ | ䷷ | ䷸ | ䷹ | ䷺ | ䷻ | ䷼ | ䷽ | ䷾ | ䷿ |
Notes
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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Yijing Hexagram Symbols block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | U+4DC0..4DFF | 64 | L2/01-283 | N2363 | Cook, Richard; Everson, Michael; Jenkins, John H. (2001-07-25), Proposal to add monogram, digram and hexagram characters to the UCS |
| L2/01-295R | Moore, Lisa (2001-11-06), "Motion 88-M4", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88 | ||||
| L2/02-154 | N2403 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "7.3", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19 | |||
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