U+4DDB "䷛" Hexagram for Great Preponderance Unicode Character

U+4DDB "䷛" Hexagram for Great Preponderance is one of the 64 hexagrams from the ancient Chinese divination text, the I Ching, also known as the Book of Changes. This hexagram is composed of the trigram for Lake above and the trigram for Wind below, and it symbolizes a time of great stress or excess, where a structure is under immense pressure. The name "Great Preponderance" suggests a situation where the small and weak must support the large and strong, often indicating a precarious or top-heavy condition that requires careful handling and humility to overcome. In its traditional interpretation, this hexagram advises that while danger is imminent, success is still possible through prudent action and by avoiding arrogance during a period of overwhelming force.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4DDB
Version Added	4.0
Name	Hexagram for Great Preponderance
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 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4DDB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004DDB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4ddb

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