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坤 — 8 strokes / Radical「土」

道
準1University / general / 8 strokes / Radical「土」
On
コンこん · kon
Kun
つち・ひつじさるtsuchi · hitsujisaru
Meaning
earth; southwest

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth with 申 as phonetic: the earth as against heaven; in divination, the southwest.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 乾坤けんこん

    heaven and earth

  • 坤ひつじさる

    the southwest

More words with this kanji

  • 乾坤一擲けんこんいってき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

乾坤(けんこん)一擲(いってき)の勝負(しょうぶ)に出(で)た。

They staked everything on a single throw.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

乾坤坤乾dry圭ceremo…坐sit尭high坦level垢dirt艮northe…欣rejoic…昏dusk柑citrus衿collar
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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