坤
kūn
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing earth
- female principle
- ☷
- ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- (Internet slang) Used as a replacement for 雞 /鸡 (jī, “chicken”) or its homophones.
- (Internet slang) two and a half years
- Used as a replacement for 雞 /鸡 (jī, “chicken”) or its homophones.
- earth
- eighth of the eight trigrams (bagua) used in Taoist cosmology, represented by the symbol ☷
- feminine, female
- second hexagram of the I Ching, represented by the symbol ䷁
- two and a half years
Homographs
| 堃 | kūn | variant of 坤 kūn |
Containing this entry
| 乾坤 | qiánkūn | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe |
| 坤包 | kūnbāo | woman's handbag or shoulder bag |
| 坤甸 | Kūndiàn | Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia |
| 堃 | kūn | variant of 坤 kūn |
| 巴里坤 | Bālǐkūn | Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 Hāmì Shì, Xinjiang |
| 旋乾轉坤 | xuánqiánzhuǎnkūn |
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| 定坤丹 | dìngkūndān |
| 坤厚 | Kūnhòu |
| 洛坤 | Luòkūn |
| 坤西育 | Kūnxīyù |
| 那坤巴統 | Nàkūnbātǒng |