Memory phrase for the character: 坤

坤

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Meaning receiving, symbolizing earth, female principle ☷

Pronunciation

kūn

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: to explain, to say 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.)

Mnemonic
 
The earth says, that it is: receiving. (= female)

Radicals

土 earth, ground
申 to explain, to extendto explain, to extend, (money in animal calendar)
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 Vocabulary

乾坤 qián kūn  Heaven and earth; Yin and Yang; The Universe
旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn  lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
巴里坤草原 Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán  Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
巴里坤草原 Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán  

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