坤

Related characters

 * ( of 坤)

Definitions

 * 1) earth
 * 2) feminine, female
 * 3) eighth of the eight trigrams (bagua) used in Taoist cosmology, represented by the symbol ☷
 * 4) second hexagram of the I Ching, represented by the symbol ䷁

Kanji

 * 1) southwest

Noun

 * 1)  southwest

Hanja

 * 1) (곤괘 곤, gongwae-) ☷ or the eighth of the Eight Trigrams, (☰☱☲☳☴☵☶☷ or 팔괘 (八卦, palgwae)) that exactly match with the three-digit binary numbers, counting from 0 to 7. Four (0, 2, 5, 7) out of eight trigrams are placed in the four corners of the flag of South Korea.
 * 2) (황후 곤, hwanghu-) queen
 * 1) (황후 곤, hwanghu-) queen

Antonyms

 * (乾, geon)
 * (天, cheon)

Synonyms

 * (地, ji)

Compounds

 * 乾坤 (건곤, geongon) heaven and earth, yin and yang
 * 坤卦 (곤괘, gongwae) the 8th of the Eight Trigrams
 * 坤殿 (곤전, gonjeon) Her Majesty
 * 坤極 (곤극, gongeuk) Her Majesty