水雷屯すいらいちゅん

noun

Zhun (Hexagram 3); Difficulty at the Beginning

Refers specifically to the third hexagram of the I Ching (易経), symbolizing initial hardship and the challenges of new beginnings.

See also: 易経

• 易えき経きょうの三さん番ばん目めの卦けは水すい雷らい屯ちゅんと呼よばれ、物もの事ごとの始はじまりの困こん難なんを表あらわす。

  The third hexagram of the I Ching is called Water-Thunder Zhun, representing the difficulty at the beginning of things.