乾坤 Chinese English dictionary 乾坤 translate 乾坤 pinyin

乾坤

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
乾坤 qiánkūn	乾坤 \| 乾坤* \| *乾坤	yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
乾	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	11画乙乚 + 10	gān, qián	dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀	kin4	干 4841.7 JJON


坤	坤 \| 坤* \| *坤	8画土 + 5	kūn	earth; feminine, female; trigram ☷; hexagram ䷁	kwan1	4510.6 GLWL

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Simplified		English Definition
乾坤 qiánkūn	乾坤 \| 乾坤* \| *乾坤	yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe


乾 qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	old variant of 乾


乾 Qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	surname Qian


乾 qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)


乾 qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	variant of 乾


坤　kūn	坤 \| 坤* \| *坤	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle / ☷ / ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)


坤　kūn	坤 \| 坤* \| *坤	variant of 坤