乾坤

Chinese
 
dry; clean; male
dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
 the earth-; female-principle
simp. and trad.
(乾坤)		 乾 坤

Pronunciation

Noun

乾坤

  1. the ䷀ (qian) and ䷁ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
  2. heaven and earth
  3. the sun and the moon
  4. the nation

Synonyms
  • (heaven and earth): 天地 (tiāndì)

Derived terms
  • 扭轉乾坤／扭转乾坤 (niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn)
  • 旋轉乾坤／旋转乾坤
  • 浪蕩乾坤／浪荡乾坤
  • 顛倒乾坤／颠倒乾坤

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (乾坤):
  • → Japanese: 乾坤(けんこん) (kenkon)
  • → Korean: 건곤(乾坤) (geon'gon)
  • → Vietnamese: càn khôn (乾坤)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
乾 坤
けん
Grade: S		 こん
Hyōgaiji
kan’on on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

乾(けん)坤(こん) • (kenkon) 

  1. the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
  2. heaven and earth
    Synonym: 天地 (tenchi)
  3. yin-yang
    Synonym: 陰陽 (in'yō)

Derived terms

References
  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
乾坤

Noun

乾坤 • (geon'gon) (hangeul 건곤)

  1. Hanja form? of 건곤 (“the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
乾坤

Noun

乾坤

  1. chữ Hán form of càn khôn (“the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching”).
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