64 hexagrams · 5

5 · 需 Xū

Waiting

Updated August 28, 2026

Use this symbol as a lens for the conditions around your choice, not as a fixed prediction.

Chinese name

Pinyin

Meaning

Waiting

What this hexagram brings into view

Use this symbol as a lens for the conditions around your choice, not as a fixed prediction.

A practical next step

Do not commit yet; name the one condition that must change and watch it.

Keep in view

Waiting without a condition or deadline becomes avoidance.

In a Yi Ask reading

If it appears as the changed hexagram, read it beside the primary hexagram and moving line. The relationship between the two is more useful than either symbol alone.