Chinese Character 坤 Meanings and components.

Form

坤

Meaning

坤 meaning[3] in English

One Of The Eight Trigrams 八卦[Ba1 Gua4], Symbolizing Earth.

Female Principle.

☷.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 坤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and old name for … (申)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GLWL

How to write 坤

To write坤kun1one of … you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 申 = 坤

坤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 坤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 坤, looks as follow:

坤
Pinyin:kun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: One Of The Eight Trigrams 八卦[Ba1 Gua4], Symbolizing Earth . Female Principle . ☷ . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 225° (Southwest)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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