乾坤

けんこん

Meanings

1. Noun heaven and earth; universe
2. trigrams qian and kun (of the I Ching) See also: 干し (ほし). See also: 坤 (こん). See also: 易経 (えききょう).
3. yin and yang
4. northwest and southwest

Kanji

• 乾 dry. Read as ケン.
• 坤 divination sign; land; earth. Read as コン.

Words containing 乾坤

• 乾坤一擲 (けんこんいってき) stake all (on something)
• 別乾坤 (べっけんこん) otherworld

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