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巽

巽: southeast

southeast
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Readings

On
ソン
Kun
たつみ

Old word for the southeast (たつみ); in the I Ching it is the trigram そん, meaning wind.

Key words

巽たつみsoutheast
巽そんxun trigram (I Ching)
巽位そんいsoutheast

Example sentences

On the old map, a small shrine is drawn to the southeast of the castle.

In the I Ching, Xun is one of the eight trigrams and stands for wind.

In the southeast corner of the garden stands one old plum tree.

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