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䷔ U+4DD4, ䷔
HEXAGRAM FOR BITING THROUGH
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Translingual

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  1. (I Ching hexagram) Biting through.

Hexagram 21 is named 噬嗑 (shì kè), "Gnawing Bite". Other variations include "biting through" and "biting and chewing". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (w:Fire (Wu Xing)火) fire. [1]

References
  1. Moran, Elizabeth; Joseph Yu (2002) The Complete Idiot's Guide to the I Ching‎, Alpha (Pearson)
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