乾坤

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 건곤(乾坤) (geon'gon)
  • → Vietnamese: càn khôn (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

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
chữ Hán Nôm 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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