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Kanji Detail for 坤 - "earth, trigram, hexagram, female, southwest"
坤
- Meaning
坤 means "earth, trigram, hexagram, female, southwest."
Earth - The ground; the land.
Trigram - One of the eight trigrams in the I Ching.
Hexagram - One of the 64 hexagrams in the I Ching.
Female - A term referring to women.
Southwest - The direction between south and west.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
divination sign; land; earth
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
earth; feminine, female; trigram ☷; hexagram ䷁
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
earth; feminine
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Earth. A trigram name. | Yielding. In old times used as a metaphor for womanly virtue. Hence terms for women often include 坤. Such as calling the bride's family 坤宅 at weddings.
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