noun
yu (hexagram 16 of the I Ching: enthusiasm)
Technical term from the I Ching (易経). Refers to hexagram 16, symbolizing enthusiasm, harmony, and ease. Used in divination and classical Chinese philosophy contexts.
See also: 易経
易経の第十六卦は雷地予で、楽しみや調和を表す。
The sixteenth hexagram of the I Ching is 雷地予, representing joy and harmony.
The I Ching itself, the classical text in which 雷地予 is a hexagram name.
The name 雷地予 is composed of the trigrams 雷 (thunder) above 地 (earth), forming hexagram 16 of the I Ching. The reading らいちよ follows the on'yomi of the characters. The character 予 (or its older form 豫) represents the hexagram's meaning of enthusiasm or ease.