坤

See also: 堃 and ☷

Translingual

Han character

坤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土中田中 (GLWL), four-corner 4510₆, composition ⿰土申)

Derived characters

• 𫒨, 𡸼, 𬀾

Related characters

• 堃 (Variant form of 坤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		坤
alternative forms		堃

Glyph origin

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 坤

1. earth
2. feminine, female
3. 8th of the 8 trigrams
4. second hexagram of the I Ching

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Japanese

Kanji

坤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. southwest

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)
• Kun: つち (tsuchi, 坤); ひつじさる (hitsujisaru, 坤)

Etymology

未 (hitsuji) +‎ 申 (saru)

Noun

坤(ひつじさる) • (hitsujisaru) 

1. (obsolete) southwest

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Korean

Hanja

坤 • (gon) (hangeul 곤)

1. (땅 곤, ttang-) earth
2. (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.
3. (황후 곤, hwanghu-) queen

Antonyms

• 건 (geon) (乾, geon)
• 천 (cheon) (天, cheon)

Synonyms

• 지 (ji) (地, ji)

Compounds

• 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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 坤 (khôn, khuôn)

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References

• Nom Foundation