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坤

kūn

Character

What 坤 means

1. one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing earth
2. female principle
3. ☷
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)

Other readings

坤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kūnvariant of {坤|kūn}

Example sentences

• 天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。
  As heaven maintains its vigorous motion, the noble person should strive for continuous self-improvement. As the earth's nature is receptive and nurturing, the noble person should cultivate great virtue to support and carry all things.

Words starting with 坤

• 坤包kūn bāowoman's handbag or shoulder bag
• 坤甸Kūn diànPontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Words containing 坤

• 乾坤qián kūnyin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
• 扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūnlit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events…
• 旋乾转坤xuán qián zhuǎn kūnlit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
• 巴里坤草原Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuánBarkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
• 巴里坤哈萨克自治县Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè Zì zhì xiànBarkol Kazakh Autonomous County, in Hami City 哈密市
• 巴里坤Bā lǐ kūnsee 巴里坤哈萨克自治县
• 巴里坤县Bā lǐ kūn Xiànsee 巴里坤哈萨克自治县

Characters that look like 坤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 坪pínga plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…
• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 怦pēng(onomatopoeia) the thumping of one's heart

Sounds the same

Read kūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昆used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑; (also used for transliteration)
• 鲲fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 琨(jade)
• 醌quinone (chemistry)
• 髡scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
• 锟steel sword
• 焜brilliant
• 晜descendant; elder brother
• 菎beautiful jade; bamboo
• 裈pants (old)
• 騉fine horse
• 堃surname Kun