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)

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

Descendants

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

References

  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “乾坤”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • Entry #3185”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “干坤”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 209.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
こん
Hyōgai
kan'on on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(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. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

乾坤 • (geon'gon) (hangeul 건곤)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

乾坤

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