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山沢損 (さんたくそん, santakuson) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

山さん沢たく損そん

Meanings

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Decrease (hexagram 41 of the I Ching)

Refers specifically to hexagram 41 of the I Ching (易経), symbolizing decrease or reduction. Used in divination and classical Chinese philosophy contexts.

See also: 易経

易えき経きょうの第だい四よん十じゅう一いっ卦けは山さん沢たく損そんと呼よばれる。
The forty-first hexagram of the I Ching is called 'Decrease' (山沢損).

Kanji

山mountain
沢swamp, marsh, brilliance
損damage, loss, disadvantage

Etymology

From the I Ching (易経). The name combines 山 (mountain) and 沢 (marsh) with 損 (decrease), reflecting the hexagram's imagery of a mountain above a marsh, symbolizing reduction.