kun trigram; earth trigram
One of the eight trigrams in the I Ching (易経), representing earth, the southwest direction, receptivity, and the feminine principle. Used in traditional cosmology and divination.
See also: 易経
In the I Ching, kun is the trigram that represents earth.
heaven and earth; the universe · trigrams Qian and Kun (I Ching) · yin and yang · northwest and southwest
Earth; the world
the way of the earth; the principle of the earth · the way of women; the path women should follow
Kun (hexagram 2 of the I Ching: earth, the receptive)
Standard kanji for this I Ching trigram.
From Chinese 坤 (kūn), used in the I Ching to denote the receptive, earth principle. The reading こん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.