坤元 kūnyuán the earth Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents kūnyuán the earth 坤 kūn earth the earth; the cosmos元 yuán noun first (bound form) first; primary; original; such as in 元旦 yuándànkūnyuán generative power of the earth 坤 kūn [the Earth trigram] One of the Eight Trigrams in the 易经 yìjīng, consisting of three broken lines (☷) and symbolizing the Earth, the mother, or the feminine principle元 yuán noun basic (bound form) basic; fundamental; constituent; such as in 元素 yuánsù