Complete Pronunciation of the Sixty Four Hexagrams

Pronunciation of Shangjing hexagrams (1-30 hexagrams)

The first group (1-10 hexagrams)

1. Qian- Qi á n
2. Kun- k ū n
3. Tun- zh ū n
4. Meng- m é ng
5. Required- x ū
6. Litigation- s ò ng
7. Teacher- sh ī
8. Compared to- b ǐ
9. Small livestock- xi ǎ o x ǜ
10. Performance- l ǚ

Second group (11-20 hexagrams)

1. Tai- t à i
2. No- p ǐ
3. doujin- t ó ng r é n
4. - d à y ǒ u
5. Humility- qi ā n
6. Yu- y ù
7. With- su í
8. Gu- g ǔ
9. - l í n
10. View- gu ā n

The third group (21-30 hexagrams)

1. Devouring- sh ì h é
2. Ben- b ì
3. Peel- b ō
4. Reply- f ù
5. No nonsense- w ú w à ng
6. Large livestock- d à x ù
7. Yi- y í
8. Great Overpass- d à gu ò
9. Kan- k ǎ n
10. Leave- l í

The pronunciation of the lower hexagrams (31-64 hexagrams)

The fourth group (31-40 hexagrams)

1. Salty- xi á n
2. Constant- h é ng
3. Escape- d ù n
4. Dazhuang- d à zhu à ng
5. Jin- j ì n
6. Mingyi- m í ng y í
7. Family- ji ā r é n
8. In full view- ku í
9. 蹇- Ji ǎ n
10. Solution- ji ě

Group 5 (41-50 hexagrams)

1. Loss- s ǔ n
2. Benefit- y ì
3. 夬- gu à i
4. 姤- g ò u
5. Extract- cu ì
6. Rise- sh ē ng
7. Difficulty- k ù n
8. Well- j ǐ ng
9. Leather- g é
10. Ding- d ǐ ng

Group 6 (51-64 hexagrams)

1. Earthquake- zh è n
2. Gen- g è n
3. Gradually- ji à n
4. Guimei- gu ī m è i
5. Feng- f ē ng
6. Travel- l ǚ
7. Xun- x ù n
8. Exchange- du ì
9. Huan- hu à n
10. Section- ji é
11. Zhongfu- zh ō ng f ú
12. Minor mistake- Xi ǎ o gu ò
13. Ji Ji- j ì j ì
14. Unfinished- w è i j ì

Pronunciation precautions

1. Marked as' Group X 'for the convenience of memory and learning
2. Pronunciation adopts standard Mandarin Pinyin
3. Multi character hexagrams (such as "small animal" and "human like") need to be read consecutively
4. Tone is important for accurate understanding

Learning advice

• Repeatedly read aloud, familiarize yourself with the pronunciation of each hexagram
• Combine pronunciation with hexagrams and their meanings
• Can record and self check pronunciation accuracy