坤

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

• 𫒨, 𡸼, 𬀾

• 堃 (Variant form of 坤)

• 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

坤

1. earth
2. feminine, female
3. eighth of the eight trigrams (bagua) used in Taoist cosmology, represented by the symbol ☷
4. second hexagram of the I Ching, represented by the symbol ䷁

After singer Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤), based on a mondegreen of the lyrics 只因你太美 (zhǐ yīn nǐ tài měi, “just because you are too pretty”) in his song 只因你太美 with the boy group SWIN-S, misheard as 雞你太美 / 鸡你太美 (jī nǐ tài měi, “chicken, you are too pretty”).

坤

1. (Internet slang) Used as a replacement for 雞 / 鸡 (jī, “chicken”) or its homophones.
   • 2022 November 29, @hhzzztt1, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2025-04-24:

     我要吃坤腿饭／我要吃坤腿飯  ―  wǒ yào chī kūntuǐ fàn  ―  I want to eat rice with kun drumstick (= 雞腿 (jītuǐ, “chicken drumstick”))

   • 2023 August 23, 美人鱼就小黄鱼呀 (5636080050), 新浪微博 ‎, archived from the original on 2025-04-24:

     问诊时，问一个初中生过敏吗，他说对坤蛋过敏
     問診時，問一個初中生過敏嗎，他說對坤蛋過敏

     wènzhěn shí, wèn yīge chūzhōngshēng guòmǐn ma, tā shuō duì kūndàn guòmǐn

     When seeing patients, I asked a junior high student if he had any allergies. He said he was allergic to kun eggs (= 雞蛋 / 鸡蛋 (jīdàn, “chicken eggs”)).

   • 2024 September 29, @Hmmmyeps, X‎, archived from the original on 2025-04-24:

     大家不是很讨厌推上发坤巴的男生吗
     大家不是很討厭推上發坤巴的男生嗎

     dàjiā bùshì hěn tǎoyàn Tuī shang fā kūnba de nánshēng ma

     Don't you all hate guys who post their kunba (= 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jība, “penis”)) on Twitter?

   • 2025 January 7, 没想好先占一个哈 (7471862961), 新浪微博 ‎, archived from the original on 2025-04-24:

     吃点肯德坤和正新坤排奖励一下自己
     吃點肯德坤和正新坤排獎勵一下自己

     chī diǎn Kěndékūn hé Zhèngxīn Kūnpái jiǎnglì yīxià zìjǐ

     eat some Kentucky Fried Kun (= 肯德基 (Kěndéjī, “Kentucky Fried Chicken”)) and Zhengxin Kun Steak (= 正新雞排 (Zhèngxīn Jīpái, “Zhengxin Chicken Steak”)) to reward myself

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. southwest

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)
• Kun: つち (tsuchi, 坤)、ひつじさる (hitsujisaru, 坤)
• Nanori: まもる (mamoru)

• (Tokyo) こん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

坤(こん) • (kon) 

1. the eighth of the eight trigrams of the I Ching ☷

   Hypernym: 八卦

   Coordinate terms: 乾, 兌, 離, 震, 巽, 坎, 艮, 坤

2. the second of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching ䷁

   Hypernym: 六十四卦

未 (hitsuji) +‎ 申 (saru)

• (Tokyo) ひつじさる (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

坤(ひつじさる) • (hitsujisaru) 

1. (obsolete) southwest

坤 (eumhun 땅 곤 (ttang gon))

1. hanja form^? of 곤 (“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

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

• 지 (ji) (地, ji)

• 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

坤: Hán Nôm readings: khôn, khuôn

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