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 · lower

Méng

Youthful Folly

#5 · upper

Xū

Waiting

#6 · lower

Sòng

Conflict

#7 · lower

Shī

The Army

#8 · upper

Bǐ

Holding Together

#29 · upper & lower

Kǎn

The Abyss

#39 · upper

Jiǎn

Obstruction

#40 · lower

Xiè

Deliverance

#47 · lower

Kùn

Oppression

#48 · upper

Jǐng

The Well

#59 · lower

Huàn

Dispersion

#60 · upper

Jié

Limitation

#63 · upper

Jì Jì

After Completion

#64 · lower

Wèi Jì

Before Completion

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