<p>Those are <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E5%8D%A6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">六十四卦</a> symbols, which is extension of <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E5%8D%A6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">八卦</a></p>

<p>They are not characters but symbols.</p>

<p>Each symbol has a corresponding Chinese character and representative meaning as the figures indicated</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>For example, the symbol of the first 卦 is three solid lines. It is read as '乾' /quān/ and it represents '天'(heaven)</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>八卦</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Q1HRy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Q1HRy.png" alt="八卦"></a></p>

<p><strong>六十四卦</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kp6oU.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kp6oU.png" alt="六十四卦"></a></p>

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2019-02-17T17:36:24.197Z
I am native chinese, but I'm not sure whether it's chinese character by the definition. I only care why it cannot be regard as chinese character.
Voyager
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2019-02-17T17:54:08.133Z
@rambler Did you read my answer? They are not characters but symbols.

Each symbol has a corresponding Chinese characters and representative meaning.
Tang Ho
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2019-03-20T18:10:38.090Z
@TangHo  You probably think character=文字. That's wrong. Characters include symbols and punctuation marks, while 文字 does not include symbols or punctuation marks.
Victor
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2019-03-20T20:04:21.143Z
@Victor The question is are they  **Chinese  Characters** . When I wrote character in my answer, I was referring to "Chinese characters" (中国字) not 'characters on keyboard' (字符)
Tang Ho
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2019-03-20T20:10:31.377Z
anything you can type out on screen that take up one space (including space between words) is a character (字符), like this comment, I can still add 465 of them in it.
Tang Ho
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2019-03-20T20:17:07.777Z
the above comment has 135 characters
Tang Ho
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2019-02-17T17:51:38.410Z
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Tang Ho
<p><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B7%8A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wiki refer of this character</a>(here it's Chinese character)(you must see it in Chinese language)</p>

<p><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E5%AD%97" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wiki refer of chinese_characters</a></p>

<p>These are Yijing Hexagram Symbols(4DC0— 4DFF).</p>

<p>In what degree can them be considered as Chinese characters? Or it's absolutely not.</p>

<p>䷀
䷁
䷂
䷃
䷄
䷅
䷆
䷇
䷈
䷉
䷊
䷋
䷌
䷍
䷎
䷏
䷐
䷑
䷒
䷓
䷔
䷕
䷖
䷗
䷘
䷙
䷚
䷛
䷜
䷝
䷞
䷟
䷠
䷡
䷢
䷣
䷤
䷥
䷦
䷧
䷨
䷩
䷪
䷫
䷬
䷭
䷮
䷯
䷰
䷱
䷲
䷳
䷴
䷵
䷶
䷷
䷸
䷹
䷺
䷻
䷼
䷽
䷾
䷿</p>

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2019-02-18T00:33:37.240Z
If you define what a *Chinese character* is, and especially what a *Chinese character* **isn't**, then you'll have your answer.
dROOOze
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2019-02-18T00:41:30.740Z
@droooze, the problem is I don't know what it is exactly.
Voyager
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Is ䷊ a chinese character?
# Is ䷊ a chinese character?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-17)

[Wiki refer of this character](https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B7%8A)(here it's Chinese character)(you must see it in Chinese language)

[Wiki refer of chinese\_characters](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E5%AD%97)

These are Yijing Hexagram Symbols(4DC0— 4DFF).

In what degree can them be considered as Chinese characters? Or it's absolutely not.

䷀
䷁
䷂
䷃
䷄
䷅
䷆
䷇
䷈
䷉
䷊
䷋
䷌
䷍
䷎
䷏
䷐
䷑
䷒
䷓
䷔
䷕
䷖
䷗
䷘
䷙
䷚
䷛
䷜
䷝
䷞
䷟
䷠
䷡
䷢
䷣
䷤
䷥
䷦
䷧
䷨
䷩
䷪
䷫
䷬
䷭
䷮
䷯
䷰
䷱
䷲
䷳
䷴
䷵
䷶
䷷
䷸
䷹
䷺
䷻
䷼
䷽
䷾
䷿

**Tags:** characters, character-identification, character-variant

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you define what a *Chinese character* is, and especially what a *Chinese character* **isn't**, then you'll have your answer.  
> **username_0**: @droooze, the problem is I don't know what it is exactly.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Those are [六十四卦](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E5%8D%A6) symbols, which is extension of [八卦](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E5%8D%A6)

They are not characters but symbols.

Each symbol has a corresponding Chinese character and representative meaning as the figures indicated

> For example, the symbol of the first 卦 is three solid lines. It is read as '乾' /quān/ and it represents '天'(heaven)

**八卦**

[![八卦](https://i.sstatic.net/Q1HRy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Q1HRy.png)

**六十四卦**

[![六十四卦](https://i.sstatic.net/kp6oU.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kp6oU.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I am native chinese, but I'm not sure whether it's chinese character by the definition. I only care why it cannot be regard as chinese character.  
> **username_2**: @rambler Did you read my answer? They are not characters but symbols.  Each symbol has a corresponding Chinese characters and representative meaning.  
> **username_3**: @TangHo  You probably think character=文字. That's wrong. Characters include symbols and punctuation marks, while 文字 does not include symbols or punctuation marks.  
> **username_2**: @username_3 The question is are they  **Chinese  Characters** . When I wrote character in my answer, I was referring to "Chinese characters" (中国字) not 'characters on keyboard' (字符)  
> **username_2**: anything you can type out on screen that take up one space (including space between words) is a character (字符), like this comment, I can still add 465 of them in it.  
> **username_2**: the above comment has 135 characters  

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