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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
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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坤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kūn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khwon ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁu/
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| English
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earth (trigram or hexagram)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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坤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7518
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Phonetic
component
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坤
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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坤
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰuːn/
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Definitions
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 ䷁
- (Internet slang) the equivalent of the character "雞", and even (derivedly) other characters which have the same or similar pronunciation with "雞"
- Origination: Chinese actor Cai Xukun (Chinese: 蔡徐坤) has a song called Only Because You Are Too Beautiful（《只因你太美》） and the first line of the lyrics is "只因你太美" which is misheard by Chinese netizens to "雞你太美" ("Chicken, you are too beautiful"). The mishearing phrase has left a strong impression on Chinese netizens, which resulted in Cai Xukun 's firm relation to chicken in Chinese netizens' mind.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
坤
(Hyōgai kanji)
- southwest
Readings
Etymology
未 (hitsuji) + 申 (saru)
Noun
坤 • (hitsujisaru)
- (obsolete) southwest
Korean
Hanja
坤 (eumhun 땅 곤 (ttang gon))
- 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
Antonyms
- 건 (geon) (乾, geon)
- 천 (cheon) (天, cheon)
Synonyms
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
坤: Hán Nôm readings: khôn, khuôn
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References