坤
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
坤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土中田中 (GLWL), four-corner 45106, composition ⿰土申)
Derived charactersEdit
Related charactersEdit
- 堃 (Variant form of 坤)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 226, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4969
- Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 431, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5764
ChineseEdit
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alternative forms | 堃 |
Glyph originEdit
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PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
坤
- earth
- feminine, female
- eighth of the eight trigrams (bagua) used in Taoist cosmology, represented by the symbol ☷
- second hexagram of the I Ching, represented by the symbol ䷁
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
坤
ReadingsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
坤 • (hitsujisaru)
- (obsolete) southwest
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
- Hanja form? of 곤 (“earth”).
- (곤괘 곤, gongwae-) ☷ or the eighth of the Eight Trigrams, (☰☱☲☳☴☵☶☷ or 팔괘 (八卦, palgwae)) that exactly match with the three-digit binary numbers, counting from 0 to 7. Four (0, 2, 5, 7) out of eight trigrams are placed in the four corners of the flag of South Korea.
- (황후 곤, hwanghu-) queen
AntonymsEdit
SynonymsEdit
CompoundsEdit
- 乾坤 (건곤, geongon) heaven and earth, yin and yang
- 坤卦 (곤괘, gongwae) the 8th of the Eight Trigrams
- 坤殿 (곤전, gonjeon) Her Majesty
- 坤極 (곤극, gongeuk) Her Majesty
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
坤: Hán Nôm readings: khôn, khuôn
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