kūn

Source form: 坤
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing earth / female principle / ☷ / ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-508e26714dd18191. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

坤 坤 [kun1] /one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth/female principle/☷/ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)/

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Source form: 堃 / 坤
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
variant of 坤[kūn]
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-de246af32273b448. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

堃 坤 [kun1] /variant of 坤[kun1]/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 堃

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