noun
yin yao; broken line in a trigram
Technical term in Chinese philosophy and divination (I Ching). Refers to the broken line representing yin, one of the two types of lines that make up trigrams and hexagrams. Contrasts with 陽爻 (yang yao, solid line).
See also: 爻
八卦の各卦は三つの爻から成り、陰爻は途切れた線で表される。
Each of the eight trigrams consists of three lines, and the yin yao is represented by a broken line.