How many hexagrams are there?

The number of strokes of hexagrams is as follows:

"Gua" strokes: 8 paintings;

Gua means: it is a tool used for divination in ancient times, a set of symbols symbolizing natural phenomena and personnel changes, and is used for occupation and measurement.

Gua is a Chinese character, and Pinyin is guà, which is interpreted as a tool used for divination in ancient times. It is a set of symbols symbolizing natural phenomena and personnel changes, and is used for occupation and measurement. Divination is divination, including divination by yourself and asking others to do so.

The etymological evolution is as follows:

Pictophonetic characters The ancient Chinese characters in the Warring States period were composed of Oracle inscriptions and tortoise sounds. Divination shows that its original intention is related to divination. The generation of hexagrams or the integration of hexagrams and divination. It first appeared in the Warring States Period. Writing hexagrams in regular script is the result of the change of Xiao Zhuan's brushwork.

During the Li Dynasty, there were two hexagrams that deserved attention: one hexagram destroyed the heavy soil structure; The stroke order of the component Gui is three levels first, then one vertical and then one horizontal. The stroke order of Gui characters (see Guang Yun) prevailing in Han Dynasty actually destroyed the thick soil structure, so neither of them entered the mainstream.

Shuowen originally meant yarrow divination. "Guo Guanzi": "The sage takes this as six points, predicting the gains and losses of the world." Lu Dian's note: "A divination is also a divination." Extension refers to a set of symbols, that is, divination, which represents the income of divination and symbolizes good or bad luck.

"On Yi Cohesion": "Sages set up hexagrams to observe images and make friends with Ming Ji." Han Jiebei: "Draw hexagrams from the sky." "Shu" hexagram is a word hanging, hanging all over the world.