Yes, I Ching Hexagram Meanings contains every one of the 64 I Ching hexagrams, mapping King Wen numbers 1 through 64 to the encoded characters U+4DC0 through U+4DFF with an official Unicode name, a unique code point, and an explicit lower and upper trigram for each entry. The catalogue is a 64-row reference table, not a curated subset: the first entry sits at U+4DC0 and is named HEXAGRAM FOR THE CREATIVE HEAVEN by the Unicode Consortium, and the last entry sits at U+4DFF and is named HEXAGRAM FOR BEFORE COMPLETION. Every King Wen number between 1 and 64 has exactly one partner character between U+4DC0 and U+4DFF, and no row is repeated against any other King Wen number. The structural data for each row, including its lower trigram on Lines 1 through 3 and its upper trigram on Lines 4 through 6, is transcribed independently from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy appendix rather than inferred from a translation. Because the catalogue is locked against two independent authorities, one for the character identity and one for the line codes, the answer to whether it covers all 64 hexagrams is verified at the encoding level as well as the structural level. The I Ching Hexagram Meanings tool is therefore a complete 64-entry reference, not a sample.
What the 64-entry catalogue actually covers
The catalogue follows the received King Wen sequence, which is the standard ordering of the 64 hexagrams used in modern printings of the Yijing and accepted by the Unicode Consortium for character assignment. Each row in the underlying table holds one King Wen number, one hexagram character, one Unicode code point, one official Unicode English name, and one pair of trigrams, one lower and one upper. The first King Wen number is 1 and the last is 64, with no gaps. The first encoded character is U+4DC0 and the last is U+4DFF, with no characters borrowed from outside that block. Because the Unicode Yijing Hexagram Symbols block is a fixed 64-slot block, the catalogue coincidentally matches it boundary to boundary: 64 King Wen numbers, 64 code points, 64 named characters, 64 trigram pairs.
Each entry pairs a short display name with the official Unicode name. The display name is what the catalogue shows in the list for quick scanning, while the official Unicode name, for example HEXAGRAM FOR THE CREATIVE HEAVEN or HEXAGRAM FOR BEFORE COMPLETION, remains visible as the exact encoding label. That distinction matters because the Unicode names are the formal source of identity for the character, and the display names are a local convenience. The catalogue does not flatten the two into a single label, so the encoding authority stays traceable row by row and the answer "all 64" remains auditable rather than asserted.
How to look up any of the 64 hexagrams
- Enter a King Wen number, hexagram character, Unicode code point, official Unicode name, or trigram term in the search field. For example, typing "29" returns the King Wen entry whose number matches; typing "HEXAGRAM FOR THE ABYSMAL WATER" returns the entry whose Unicode name matches; typing "kan" returns candidates whose lower or upper trigram is Kan.
- Optionally choose lower and upper trigram filters, then select a matching entry to inspect its exact Unicode identity and structure. The lower trigram filter narrows to hexagrams whose bottom three lines (Lines 1 through 3) form the chosen trigram; the upper trigram filter narrows to hexagrams whose top three lines (Lines 4 through 6) form the chosen trigram. Combining both filters yields the intersection of those two structural conditions.
- Use Reset catalogue to restore all 64 entries and Hexagram 1; no search or selection is stored or transmitted. Reset also clears the filter state, so the view returns to the full table regardless of which narrowed subset was active.
| Input type | Example | What it matches |
|---|---|---|
| King Wen number | 1, 29, 64 | The single row whose number field equals the input |
| Hexagram character | The character at U+4DC0 or U+4DFF | The single row whose encoded character matches |
| Unicode code point | U+4DC0, U+4DFF | The single row whose code point matches |
| Official Unicode name | HEXAGRAM FOR THE CREATIVE HEAVEN | The single row whose Unicode name field matches |
| Trigram term | qian, kun, kan, li, zhen, xun, dui, gen | Rows whose lower or upper trigram matches the term |
The search runs locally over the fixed 64-row table. The component makes no fetch request, uploads no query, uses no account, and writes neither localStorage nor sessionStorage. Closing or refreshing the page clears the transient filter state, which keeps the lookup field stateless across sessions. A visible result count announces filtering changes, and an empty state explains how to recover when the lower and upper filters have no intersection.
The eight trigrams that make up every hexagram
Every hexagram in the catalogue decomposes into a lower trigram and an upper trigram, drawn from a fixed set of eight. The eight trigrams displayed by the catalogue are Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), and Kun (Earth). Because there are eight trigrams and two trigram positions per hexagram, the catalogue can in principle enumerate 8 multiplied by 8, which equals 64 distinct combinations, exactly the size of the King Wen sequence. The 8-by-8 lookup matrix therefore has no empty rows and no duplicated rows; each King Wen hexagram occupies one cell.
| Trigram | Translation | Position in the hexagram |
|---|---|---|
| Qian | Heaven | Lower trigram (Lines 1–3) or upper trigram (Lines 4–6) |
| Dui | Lake | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Li | Fire | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Zhen | Thunder | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Xun | Wind | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Kan | Water | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Gen | Mountain | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
| Kun | Earth | Lower trigram or upper trigram |
Lines are read from the bottom upward. The lower trigram is formed by the bottom three lines (Lines 1 through 3), and the upper trigram is formed by the top three lines (Lines 4 through 6). The 8-by-8 King Wen lookup matrix is not inferred from the English title; it is independently locked against the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy appendix, which publishes bottom-to-top yin and yang line codes for all eight trigrams and all 64 hexagrams. Splitting each six-line code after the third line gives the lower and upper trigrams, and the Unicode NamesList supplies the separate encoding authority for the character, code point, and exact English name. The catalogue shows both names and trigram labels beside every selected hexagram so the structural decomposition can be checked directly.
What the catalogue does not do
The page deliberately stops at reference facts. It does not toss coins, choose a random entry, calculate changing lines, reproduce a modern commercial translation, attach an unsourced fortune, or claim that a hexagram predicts an event. The character, the code point, the Unicode name, and the lower and upper trigram pair are the entire output. If a reader wants a mechanical three-coin cast that produces a primary and a transformed hexagram, the separate I Ching Reading tool performs that cast locally without requiring a personal question. The hexagram meanings catalogue is the lookup half of that workflow, not the casting half.
Verification covers all 64 literal number, character, code-point, and Unicode-name identities; all 64 Stanford line codes; the complete 8-by-8 matrix; eight unique trigrams; representative lower and upper combinations; search; both filters; reset; privacy boundaries; and the absence of predictive claims. Correctness means reproducing the cited catalogue structure, not validating any divinatory interpretation. A reader who wants to know whether the entry for Hexagram 1 is the character at U+4DC0 with both trigrams Qian will find that answer verified at the encoding level; a reader who wants to know whether Hexagram 1 personally predicts something will not find that answer here, because the catalogue does not make that claim.
Verifying one entry against external sources
Because the catalogue is a reference rather than a generated reading, every row can be cross-checked against a public authority. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy appendix on the Yijing publishes the bottom-to-top yin and yang line codes for all eight trigrams and all 64 hexagrams. The catalogue treats those line codes as a literal external oracle: production code cannot manufacture its own expected names from a translation. The Unicode NamesList for the Yijing Hexagram Symbols block supplies the separate encoding authority for the character, code point, and exact English name. Pairing the two sources means the identity of each of the 64 entries is double-checked, with line codes from Stanford and the character plus name from Unicode.
The full sequence is also stored as a literal external oracle in the test fixture, so the test suite can compare the catalogue against the same 64-row identity it serves in production. That is what makes the answer "yes, it contains all 64" verifiable rather than asserted: the same 64 strings are present in the source, the catalogue, and the test fixture, and no row is filled in by inference from a title. For a reader who wants to spot-check one entry, the practical method is to type its official Unicode name into the search field and confirm the result shows the corresponding code point, the correct character, and the lower and upper trigram pair that the Stanford appendix lists for that combination.