陰いん爻こう

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

• 八はっ卦けの各かく卦けは三みっつの爻こうから成なり、陰いん爻こうは途と切ぎれた線せんで表あらわされる。

  Each of the eight trigrams consists of three lines, and the yin yao is represented by a broken line.