彖 (tuàn)

to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

Etymology

Variant of 豚. Pictograph of a pig (豕) with a line on its belly to indicate its fat belly.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“彖,豕走也。从彑从豕省。”

Original meaning

fat pig

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