U+4DF9 "䷹" Hexagram for the Joyous Lake Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
䷹
U+4DF9 "䷹" Hexagram for the Joyous Lake is one of the 64 hexagrams from the ancient Chinese divination text I Ching, representing the trigram Dui over Dui, which symbolizes a lake above a lake. This hexagram, numbered 58, is traditionally associated with joy, open communication, and the peaceful exchange of ideas, reflecting the image of two lakes mirroring each other and nourishing the land. In I Ching philosophy, it encourages a state of cheerful receptivity and gentle influence, suggesting that true happiness arises from sincere relationships and shared delight rather than from forced or material pursuits.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4DF9 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Hexagram for the Joyous Lake |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4DF9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004DF9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4df9 |
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 |