kūn

earth

kūn
trigram noun
one of the Eight Trigrams (☷) of the I Ching, symbolizing the earth, the female principle (Yin), and docility

Qiankun is an important concept in traditional Chinese culture regarding heaven and earth, as well as yin and yang.

southwest noun
a point on the ancient Chinese compass corresponding to the direction of 225 degrees

In ancient maps, the Kun position usually represents the southwest direction.

Frequency

Character
Written text
2,910th most common 11.1 per million
Movie subtitles
2,813th most common 4.76 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.090 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
10.9 per million

Details

Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5764

Sources