亨

(a, the) fulfillment, satisfaction, (merited) success, completion, completeness, triumph, consummation, thoroughness, development, accomplishment, (personal) growth, efficacy, observances; offerings, sacrifices, presentations; gratitude, reverence; (to) fulfill, observe, make sacrifice, present offerings, make (an) offering, offer fulfillment(s), fulfill duties, pervade, penetrate, go through, prevail, succeed; imbue, fill up (s, ed, ing); (to be) fulfilled, full, suffused, satisfying, satisfactory, successful, complete, smooth, consummate, thorough; spirit penetrates, takes possession; (often carries an intentional double meaning: to fulfill a prerequisite for fulfillment. To make an offering or sacrifice was the earlier meaning from Shang times. It is used this way four times in the Zhouyi and in both senses at 50.T. The Yi’s emphasis on fulfilling first-things- first anticipates Maslow).

Radical: 8+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.0