坤

坤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土中田中 (GLWL), four-corner 4510₆, composition ⿰土申)

• 𫒨, 𡸼, 𬀾

• 堃 (Variant form of 坤)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4969
• Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 431, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5764

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Note similarities to Burmese ကုန်း (kun:, “earth”).

坤

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 ䷁

After singer Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤), based on a mondegreen of the lyrics 只因你太美 (zhǐ yīn nǐ tài měi, “just because you are too pretty”) in his song 只因你太美 with the boy group SWIN-S, misheard as 雞你太美 / 鸡你太美 (jī nǐ tài měi, “chicken, you are too pretty”).

坤

1. (Internet slang) Used as a replacement for 雞 / 鸡 (jī, “chicken”) or its homophones.
   • 2022 November 29, @hhzzztt1, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 April 2025:

     我要吃坤腿饭／我要吃坤腿飯  ―  wǒ yào chī kūntuǐ fàn  ―  I want to eat rice with kun drumstick (= 雞腿 (jītuǐ, “chicken drumstick”))

   • 2023 August 23, 美人鱼就小黄鱼呀 (5636080050), 新浪微博 [Weibo]‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 April 2025:

     问诊时，问一个初中生过敏吗，他说对坤蛋过敏 [MSC, simp.]
     問診時，問一個初中生過敏嗎，他說對坤蛋過敏 [MSC, trad.]

     wènzhěn shí, wèn yīge chūzhōngshēng guòmǐn ma, tā shuō duì kūndàn guòmǐn [Pinyin]

     When seeing patients, I asked a junior high student if he had any allergies. He said he was allergic to kun eggs (= 雞蛋 / 鸡蛋 (jīdàn, “chicken eggs”)).

   • 2024 September 29, @Hmmmyeps, X‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 April 2025:

     大家不是很讨厌推上发坤巴的男生吗 [MSC, simp.]
     大家不是很討厭推上發坤巴的男生嗎 [MSC, trad.]

     dàjiā bùshì hěn tǎoyàn Tuī shang fā kūnba de nánshēng ma [Pinyin]

     Don't you all hate guys who post their kunba (= 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jība, “penis”)) on Twitter?

   • 2025 January 7, 没想好先占一个哈 (7471862961), 新浪微博 [Weibo]‎^[4], archived from the original on 24 April 2025:

     吃点肯德坤和正新坤排奖励一下自己 [MSC, simp.]
     吃點肯德坤和正新坤排獎勵一下自己 [MSC, trad.]

     chī diǎn Kěndékūn hé Zhèngxīn Kūnpái jiǎnglì yīxià zìjǐ [Pinyin]

     eat some Kentucky Fried Kun (= 肯德基 (Kěndéjī, “Kentucky Fried Chicken”)) and Zhengxin Kun Steak (= 正新雞排 (Zhèngxīn Jīpái, “Zhengxin Chicken Steak”)) to reward myself

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. southwest

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)
• Kun: つち (tsuchi, 坤)、ひつじさる (hitsujisaru, 坤)
• Nanori: まもる (mamoru)

• (Tokyo) こん [kóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɴ]

坤(こん) • (kon) 

1. the eighth of the eight trigrams of the I Ching ☷

   Hypernym: 八卦

   Coordinate terms: 乾, 兌, 離, 震, 巽, 坎, 艮, 坤

2. the second of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching ䷁

   Hypernym: 六十四卦

未 (hitsuji) +‎ 申 (saru)

• (Tokyo) ひつじさる [hìtsújísáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥t͡sɨʑisa̠ɾɯ̟]

坤(ひつじさる) • (hitsujisaru) 

1. (obsolete) southwest

坤 (eumhun 땅 곤 (ttang gon))

1. hanja form^? of 곤 (“earth”)
2. (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.
3. (황후 곤, hwanghu-) queen

• 건 (geon) (乾, geon)
• 천 (cheon) (天, cheon)

• 지 (ji) (地, ji)

• 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

坤: Hán Nôm readings: khôn, khuôn

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