Is ䷊ a chinese character?

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Wiki refer of this character(here it's Chinese character)(you must see it in Chinese language)

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

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

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

If you define what a Chinese character is, and especially what a Chinese character isn't, then you'll have your answer. — dROOOze, Feb 18, 2019 at 0:33

Tang Ho · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-17 17:51:38Z

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Those are 六十四卦 symbols, which is extension of 八卦

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

六十四卦

edited Feb 17, 2019 at 17:51

answered Feb 17, 2019 at 17:32

Tang Ho♦

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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
Feb 17, 2019 at 17:36
@rambler Did you read my answer? They are not characters but symbols. Each symbol has a corresponding Chinese characters and representative meaning.
– Tang Ho ♦
Feb 17, 2019 at 17:54
@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
Mar 20, 2019 at 18:10
@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 ♦
Mar 20, 2019 at 20:04
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 ♦
Mar 20, 2019 at 20:10

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