坎
Water — Danger
坎,陷也
Properties
Core Quality
陷Danger
坎,陷也
Animal
豕Pig
坎為豕
Body Part
耳Ear
坎為耳
Family Role
中男Middle Son
坎再索而得男,故謂之中男
Direction
北North
勞乎坎…坎者,水也,正北方之卦也
Season
Winter
Extended Symbols
坎為水、為溝瀆、為隱伏、為矯輮、為弓輪…其於人也為加憂、為心病、為耳痛、為血卦、為赤…為亟心、為下首、為薄蹄、為曳…為通、為月、為盜
水water
溝瀆ditch
隱伏concealment
矯輮straightening bent wood
弓輪bow and wheel
心病heart ailment
耳痛earache
血卦blood hexagram
赤red
加憂added worry
亟心anxious heart
下首bowed head
薄蹄thin hoof
曳dragging
通penetrating
月moon
盜thief
Associated Hexagrams (15)
#3 · upper
Zhūn
Difficulty at the Beginning
#4 · lowerMéng
Youthful Folly
#5 · upperXū
Waiting
#6 · lowerSòng
Conflict
#7 · lowerShī
The Army
#8 · upperBǐ
Holding Together
#29 · upper & lowerKǎn
The Abyss
#39 · upperJiǎn
Obstruction
#40 · lowerXiè
Deliverance
#47 · lowerKùn
Oppression
#48 · upperJǐng
The Well
#59 · lowerHuàn
Dispersion
#60 · upperJié
Limitation
#63 · upperJì Jì
After Completion
#64 · lowerWèi Jì
Before Completion