坤 (kūn) — (in Yijing) the trigram/hexagram for earth, the receptive principle; (literary) female, feminine
Definition
In the Yijing, 坤 (☷) is the earth trigram — the receptive, feminine counterpart to 乾 (qián, heaven). In literary use it can mean 'female' or 'feminine', as in 坤包 ('woman's handbag').
bound form
(in Yijing) the trigram/hexagram for earththe receptive principle(literary) femalefeminine
Examples
- 。Qián kūn dài biǎo tiān dì.Qian and Kun represent heaven and earth.
- 坤。Zhè ge kūn bāo hěn piào liang.This woman's handbag is very pretty.
- 坤。Yì jīng zhōng de kūn guà xiàng zhēng dà dì.The Kun hexagram in the Yijing symbolizes the great earth.
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