kūn​yú

the earth

  • created sense approved 坤舆/坤輿 · kūn​yú · the earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坤舆 / 坤輿

    kūn​yú

    the earth

    (literary) the whole world; the earth. This term comes from the idea in the [[易经|易經|yi4 jing1]] that the earth carries all things like a chariot.

    坤 (literal) → 坤 · kūn · earth 舆 (literal) → 舆/輿 · yú · territory

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