noun
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
易経では、坤は地を表す卦である。
In the I Ching, kun is the trigram that represents earth.
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.