乾坤
Chinese edit
dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname |
the earth-; female-principle | ||
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simp. and trad. (乾坤) |
乾 | 坤 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
乾坤
- the ䷀ (qian) and ䷁ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
- heaven and earth
- the sun and the moon
- the nation
Synonyms edit
- (heaven and earth): 天地 (tiāndì)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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乾 | 坤 |
けん Grade: S |
こん Hyōgaiji |
kan’on | on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) けんこん [kèńkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) けんこん [kéꜜǹkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [kẽ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]
Noun edit
- the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
- heaven and earth
- Synonym: 天地 (tenchi)
- yin-yang
- Synonym: 陰陽 (in'yō)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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乾 | 坤 |
Noun edit
- Hanja form? of 건곤 (“the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching”).
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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乾 | 坤 |
Noun edit
乾坤
- chữ Hán form of càn khôn (“the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching”).