坤: earth

earth; southwest

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Readings

コン

Kun

つち・ひつじさる

Pairs with 乾 (heaven) in 乾坤. As a direction, 坤 is the old southwest, read ひつじさる.

乾坤けんこんheaven and earth; universe

乾坤一擲けんこんいってきall-or-nothing gamble

坤ひつじさるsouthwest (old direction)

別乾坤べっけんこんanother world

乾坤一擲けんこんいってきの勝負しょうぶに出でて、彼かれは全ぜん財産ざいさんを賭かけた。

Going for an all-or-nothing gamble, he bet his entire fortune.

昔むかしの方角ほうがくでは、南西なんせいのことを坤ひつじさると呼よんだ。

In the old system of directions, the southwest was called hitsujisaru (坤).

乾坤けんこんの間あいだにこれほど美うつくしい景色けしきはない、と詩人しじんは詠よんだ。

"Nowhere between heaven and earth is there a view this beautiful," the poet sang.