Trigrams
KHWAN
CONCEPT: Docility / Submissive / Earth
QUALITIES: Passive - Earth - Female - Receptive - Weak - Responsive - Yielding -
Devoted - Flexible - Soft - Calm - Wife - Patient - Moderate - Empty - Cowardly
- Maternal - Docile - Capaciousness - Submissiveness - Subordination - Compliant
- Caldron - Obscure - Sustaining Power
FAMILY: Mother
PART OF THE BODY: Stomach
SEASON: Late Summer - Early Autumn
K AN (CHEN)
CONCEPT: Thunder
/ Exciting Power
QUALITIES:Thunder - Movement - Active - Moving - Arousing - Excited - Diligent -
Angry - Nervous - Threatening - Anxious - Successful - Flying - Shocking -
Motion - Growth - Vehemence - Forceful
FAMILY: Eldest Son
PART OF THE BODY: Feet
SEASON: Spring
KHAN (K'AN)
CONCEPT: Peril /
Difficulty / Dangerous
QUALITIES: Peril - Difficulty - Moon - Enveloping - Dangerous - Cunning -
Deceitful - Aimless - Clever - Wise - Sad - Harmless - Melancholy - Depressed -
Rain - Disturbing - Hidden - Concealed - Anxiety - Distress of the Mind -
Abysmal
FAMILY: Second Son
PART OF THE BODY: Ears
SEASON: Winter
TUI
CONCEPT: Joyful
/ Marsh / Complacent
QUALITIES: Happy - Gossipy - Slanderous - Joy - Critical - Quarrelsome -
Laughing - Smiling - Harmonious - Pleasurable - Contentment - Low Lying Water -
Marsh - Soft - Sorceress
FAMILY: Youngest Daughter
PART OF THE BODY: Mouth/Tongue
SEASON: Fall
KAN (KEN)
CONCEPT:
Arresting / Immovable / Mountain
QUALITIES: Quiet - Slow - Indecisive - Tough - Secretive - Contradictory -
Independent - Hard - Mountain - Obstinate - Perverse - Stubborn - Immovable -
Standstill - Resting - Stopping
FAMILY: Youngest Son
PART OF THE BODY: Hand
SEASON: Late Winter - Early Spring
LI
CONCEPT:
Brightness / Elegance / Clinging
QUALITIES: Light Giving - Hot - Agitated - Fire - Brilliance - Beauty -
Beautiful - Depending - Dedicated - Elegance - Enlightened - Clinging -
Intelligence - Dryness FAMILY: Second Daughter
PART OF THE BODY: Eyes
SEASON: Summer
SUN
CONCEPT:
Penetrating / Flexibility
QUALITIES: Yielding - Gentle - Indecisive - Weak - Fragrant - Neat - Obedient -
Restless - Excitable - Bland - Mild - Wood - Wind - Close Pursuit of Gain -
Flexible - Pliancy
FAMILY: Eldest Daughter
PART OF THE BODY: Thigh
SEASON: Late Spring - Early Summer
KHEIN (CH'IEN)
CONCEPT:
Creative / Movement
QUALITIES: Strong - Clever - Brave - Active - Solid - Decisive - Moving - Vital
- Powerful - Untiring Strength - Ruler - Takes the Initiative
FAMILY: Father
PART OF THE BODY: Head
SEASON: Late Fall - Early Winter
