U+4DE3 "䷣" Hexagram for Darkening of the Light Unicode Character

U+4DE3 "䷣" Hexagram for Darkening of the Light is one of the 64 hexagrams from the ancient Chinese text the I Ching, specifically the 36th hexagram known as Ming Yi. This hexagram is composed of the trigram Kun, the earth, above and Li, fire, below, symbolizing a situation where fire or light is hidden beneath the earth, representing times of adversity, obscurity, or when wisdom must be concealed to survive. It advises patience, humility, and maintaining inner clarity and integrity even when external circumstances are dark or oppressive, much like the sun setting below the horizon.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4DE3
Version Added	4.0
Name	Hexagram for Darkening of the Light
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 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4DE3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004DE3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4de3

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