U+4DC8 "䷈" Hexagram for Small Taming Unicode Character

U+4DC8 "䷈" Hexagram for Small Taming is the 9th hexagram in the ancient Chinese I Ching, or Book of Changes, symbolizing the gentle, persistent force needed to restrain and gradually guide a powerful or chaotic situation. Its configuration of trigrams, with Wind below and Heaven above, represents the idea that subtle influence and accumulated small actions can successfully tame or direct larger energies without direct confrontation. In divination, this hexagram advises patience, careful cultivation, and the exercise of mild authority to achieve harmony and progress, emphasizing that even small, consistent efforts can overcome obstacles and bring order out of disorder.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4DC8
Version Added	4.0
Name	Hexagram for Small Taming
Block	Yijing Hexagram Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	䷈
HTML Hex Encoding	䷈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE4 0xB7 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4DC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004DC8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4dc8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other