坤 kūn
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kūn
noun
kun; the second of the Eight Trigrams
Domain: Literature 文学 , Concept: Trigram 卦
Notes: Symbol: ☷; representing earth; female principle, as described in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (Guoyu '坤' n; NCCED '坤' 1; Nylan 2001, p. 180; Unihan '坤') -
kūn
adjective
female
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '坤' adj; NCCED '坤' 2; Nylan 2001, p. 180; Unihan '坤')
Contained in
- 乾坤 heaven and earth; Yin and Yang; the Universe ; a scam
- 巴里坤草原 Barkol grasslands near Hami
- 旋乾转坤(旋乾轉坤) overturning heaven and earth; earth-shattering; a radical change
- 扭转乾坤(扭轉乾坤) to upend heaven and earth; to change the course of events; to turn things around
Also contained in
巴里坤县 、 坤甸 、 巴里坤哈萨克自治县 、 坤宁宫 、 巴里坤
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二百五十一 列傳第十 韓令坤 慕容延釗 符彥卿 Volume 251 Biographies 10: Han Lingkun, Murong Yanzhao, Fu Yanqing History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
- 卷二百二十六 列傳第一百十四 海瑞 丘橓 呂坤 郭正域 Volume 226 Biographies 114: Hai Rui, Qiu Shun, Lu Kun, Guo Zhengyu History of Ming 明史 — count: 25
- 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
- 卷二百五十一 列傳第一百三十九 李標 劉鴻訓 錢龍錫 成基命 何如寵 徐光啟 文震孟 蔣德璟 方岳貢 Volume 251 Biographies 139: Li Biao, Liu Hongxun, Qian Longxi, Cheng Jiming, He Ruchong, Xu Guangqi, Wen Zhenmeng, Jiang Dejing, Fang Yuegong History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
- 卷一百三十七 外國列傳一: 契丹 Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1 - Khitan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 15
- 卷二百五十八 列傳第一百四十六 許譽卿 華允誠 魏呈潤 毛羽健 吳執御 章正宸 黃紹杰 傅朝佑 姜埰 熊開元 詹爾選 湯開遠 成勇 陳龍正 Volume 258 Biographies 146: Xu Yuqing, Hua Yuncheng, Wei Chengrun, Mao Yujian, Wu Zhiyu, Zhang Zhengchen, Huang Shaojie, Fu Chaoyou, Jiang 埰, Xiong Kaiyuan, Zhan Erxuan, Tang Kaiyuan, Cheng Yong, Chen Longzheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
- 卷一百三十三 志第八十六 樂八 Volume 133 Treatises 86: Music 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
- 卷二百八十七 列傳第一百七十五 文苑三 Volume 287 Biographies 175: Literature 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
- 卷一百三十八 志第九十一 樂十三 Volume 138 Treatises 91: Music 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 卷三百〇五 列傳第一百九十三 宦官二 李芳 馮保 張鯨 陳增 梁永 陳矩 王安 魏忠賢 王體乾 崔文昇 張彝憲 高起潛 王承恩 方正化 Volume 305 Biographies 193: Officials 2 - Li Fang, Feng Bao, Zhang Jing, Chen Zeng, Liang Yong, Chen Ju, Wang An, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tigan, Cui Wensheng, Zhang Yixian, Gao Qiqian, Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
Collocations
- 坤灵 (坤靈) 易坤靈圖 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 16
- 仪坤 (儀坤) 肅明皇后神主于儀坤廟 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷七 本紀第七: 中宗 睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong — count: 12
- 坤上 (坤上) 坤下坤上 — Book of Changes 易經, 坤 Kun — count: 12
- 坤干 (坤乾) 吾得坤乾焉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 12
- 坤德 (坤德) 坤德厚載 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十九 志第九 禮上 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites Part One — count: 11
- 坤庙 (坤廟) 肅明皇后神主于儀坤廟 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷七 本紀第七: 中宗 睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong — count: 11
- 坤仪 (坤儀) 蕩蕩坤儀 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十七 列傳第六十七 四夷 Volume 97 Biographies 67: Four Barbarian Tribes — count: 10
- 坤道 (坤道) 坤道其順乎 — Book of Changes 易經, 坤 Kun — count: 8
- 坤维 (坤維) 比大坤維 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十一 列傳第一 后妃上 Volume 31 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts Part One — count: 7
- 坤厚 (坤厚) 坤厚載物 — Book of Changes 易經, 坤 Kun — count: 7