Pattern
The hexagram names the condition you are in now: the weather of the situation before you start forcing an answer.
I-Ching Directory
Browse all 64 I Ching hexagrams in King Wen order with Chinese names, pinyin, trigrams, judgments, images, meanings, and direct links to each hexagram page.
Each hexagram is a six-line figure in the traditional King Wen sequence. Use this page to search by number, Chinese name, pinyin, keyword, or English title, then open the full page for Judgment, Image, Interpretation, and the six lines.
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The hexagram names the condition you are in now: the weather of the situation before you start forcing an answer.
Its six lines, upper and lower trigrams, and Judgment and Image texts give the answer its frame.
When lines change, the reading opens toward a relating hexagram. That movement is part of the answer, not an afterthought.
Hexagram 1
乾
Qián
The Creative
Hexagram 2
坤
Kūn
The Receptive
Hexagram 3
屯
Zhūn
Difficulty at the Beginning
Hexagram 4
蒙
Méng
Youthful Folly
Hexagram 5
需
Xū
Waiting
Hexagram 6
訟
Sòng
Conflict
Hexagram 7
師
Shī
The Army
Hexagram 8
比
Bǐ
Holding Together
Hexagram 9
小畜
Xiǎo Xù
Small Taming
Hexagram 10
履
Lǚ
Treading
Hexagram 11
泰
Tài
Peace
Hexagram 12
否
Pǐ
Standstill
Hexagram 13
同人
Tóng Rén
Fellowship with People
Hexagram 14
大有
Dà Yǒu
Great Possession
Hexagram 15
謙
Qiān
Modesty
Hexagram 16
豫
Yù
Enthusiasm
Hexagram 17
隨
Suí
Following
Hexagram 18
蠱
Gǔ
Work on the Decayed
Hexagram 19
臨
Lín
Approach
Hexagram 20
觀
Guān
Contemplation
Hexagram 21
噬嗑
Shì Kè
Biting Through
Hexagram 22
賁
Bì
Grace
Hexagram 23
剝
Bō
Splitting Apart
Hexagram 24
復
Fù
Return
Hexagram 25
無妄
Wú Wàng
Innocence
Hexagram 26
大畜
Dà Xù
Great Taming
Hexagram 27
頤
Yí
Nourishment
Hexagram 28
大過
Dà Guò
Preponderance of the Great
Hexagram 29
坎
Kǎn
The Abysmal
Hexagram 30
離
Lí
The Clinging
Hexagram 31
咸
Xián
Influence
Hexagram 32
恆
Héng
Duration
Hexagram 33
遯
Dùn
Retreat
Hexagram 34
大壯
Dà Zhuàng
Great Power
Hexagram 35
晉
Jìn
Progress
Hexagram 36
明夷
Míng Yí
Darkening of the Light
Hexagram 37
家人
Jiā Rén
The Family
Hexagram 38
睽
Kuí
Opposition
Hexagram 39
蹇
Jiǎn
Obstruction
Hexagram 40
解
Xiè
Deliverance
Hexagram 41
損
Sǔn
Decrease
Hexagram 42
益
Yì
Increase
Hexagram 43
夬
Guài
Breakthrough
Hexagram 44
姤
Gòu
Coming to Meet
Hexagram 45
萃
Cuì
Gathering Together
Hexagram 46
升
Shēng
Pushing Upward
Hexagram 47
困
Kùn
Oppression
Hexagram 48
井
Jǐng
The Well
Hexagram 49
革
Gé
Revolution
Hexagram 50
鼎
Dǐng
The Cauldron
Hexagram 51
震
Zhèn
The Arousing
Hexagram 52
艮
Gèn
Keeping Still
Hexagram 53
漸
Jiàn
Development
Hexagram 54
歸妹
Guī Mèi
The Marrying Maiden
Hexagram 55
豐
Fēng
Abundance
Hexagram 56
旅
Lǚ
The Wanderer
Hexagram 57
巽
Xùn
The Gentle
Hexagram 58
兌
Duì
The Joyous
Hexagram 59
渙
Huàn
Dispersion
Hexagram 60
節
Jié
Limitation
Hexagram 61
中孚
Zhōng Fú
Inner Truth
Hexagram 62
小過
Xiǎo Guò
Preponderance of the Small
Hexagram 63
既濟
Jì Jì
After Completion
Hexagram 64
未濟
Wèi Jì
Before Completion
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Read guideLearn what the relating hexagram means in an I Ching reading, how it differs from the primary hexagram, and how to use it without treating it as a simple future prediction.
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Read guideLearn how the I Ching yarrow-stalk method works, why its line probabilities differ from coins, and how yarrow-style readings shape changing lines.
Read guideLearn the eight I Ching trigrams — Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Lake — and how they shape every hexagram.
Read guideLearn how to keep an I Ching journal, record questions, hexagrams, changing lines, reflections, outcomes, and patterns over time.
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German pages
German readers can now use the German hexagram index and all 64 reviewed hexagram pages.
German detail pages are available for all 64 hexagrams, from Hexagram 1 through Hexagram 64.
A hexagram is a six-line figure made from yin and yang lines. In the I Ching, each one describes a distinct configuration of change.
Six binary lines create sixty-four possible figures. The traditional King Wen order arranges them into the received sequence used by most readers.
Browse when you want to study the structure. Cast a reading when you have a live question and need to know which hexagram applies now.