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乾坤

乾坤

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; (surname)	the earth-; female-principle
simp. and trad. (乾坤)		乾	坤

Noun

乾坤

the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
heaven and earth
the sun and the moon
the nation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	坤
けん Grade: S	こん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

乾坤 ‎(hiragana けんこん, romaji kenkon)

the |||||| (qian) and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
heaven and earth
yin-yang

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiánkūn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kin⁴ kwan¹
Min Nan (POJ): khiân-khun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánkūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyankuen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kin⁴ kwan¹
  - Yale: kìhn kwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kin⁴ kwan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiân-khun
  - Tâi-lô: khiân-khun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qienqwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn¹³⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰun⁴⁴/