kūn​yuán

the earth

  • created sense approved 坤元 · kūn​yuán · the earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坤元

    kūn​yuán

    the earth

    (literary) the earth

    坤 (literal) → 坤 · kūn · earth 元 (literal) → 元 · yuán · first

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  • created sense approved 坤元 · kūn​yuán · generative power of the earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坤元

    kūn​yuán

    generative power of the earth

    virtue or capacity of the earth to produce and sustain all things in the Book of Changes

    坤 (literal) → 坤 · kūn · [the Earth trigram] 元 (literal) → 元 · yuán · basic

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