艮

Mountain — Stillness

艮，止也

Properties

Core Quality

止Stillness

艮，止也

Animal

狗Dog

艮為狗

Body Part

手Hand

艮為手

Family Role

少男Youngest Son

艮三索而得男，故謂之少男

Direction

東北Northeast

成言乎艮…艮，東北之卦也

Extended Symbols

艮為山、為徑路、為小石、為門闕、為果蓏、為閽寺、為指、為狗、為鼠、為黔喙之屬

山mountain

徑路narrow path

小石small stone

門闕gate tower

果蓏fruit and melon

閽寺gatekeeper

指finger

狗dog

鼠rat

黔喙之屬black-beaked creatures

Associated Hexagrams (15)

Méng

Youthful Folly

Qiān

Modesty

Gǔ

Work on the Decayed

Bì

Grace

Bō

Splitting Apart

Dà Chù

Great Accumulation

Yí

Nourishment

Xián

Influence

Dùn

Retreat

Jiǎn

Obstruction

Sǔn

Decrease

#52 · upper & lower

Gèn

Keeping Still

Jiàn

Development

Lǚ

The Wanderer

Xiǎo Guò

Preponderance of the Small

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