lesser yang
In yin-yang philosophy, the phase of increasing yang, often associated with spring or dawn. A technical term used in traditional Chinese medicine and cosmology.
In yin-yang theory, lesser yang refers to the stage where yang energy begins to arise.
Lesser yin; the complementary phase of increasing yin, opposite to 少陽.
Standard kanji spelling for the yin-yang concept.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 少陽.
From Chinese 少陽／少阳 (shàoyáng), a term in traditional yin-yang cosmology. The kanji 少 means 'little' or 'lesser', and 陽 means 'yang'.