懂中文 Dong Chinese

坤

kūn

earth

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 土 represents the sound. Simplified form of 堃.

Components
申 meaning component

申  Meaning component

shēn

  

to extend

土 sound component

土  Sound component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

坤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坤 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
坤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

坤  

kūn

earth; feminine, female; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā​guà], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)

坤 (堃) 

kūn

variant of 坤[kūn]

Most common words with 坤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

坤

☷

乾坤

yin and yang

扭转乾坤

to turn things around

巴里坤

Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā​mì​dì​qū], Xinjiang

巴里坤县

Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā​mì​dì​qū], Xinjiang