巽
巽: southeast
southeast
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Readings
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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
古い地図では、お城の巽の方角に小さな神社が描かれている。
On the old map, a small shrine is drawn to the southeast of the castle.
易では、巽は風を表す八卦の一つとされる。
In the I Ching, Xun is one of the eight trigrams and stands for wind.
庭の巽位には、古い梅の木が一本立っている。
In the southeast corner of the garden stands one old plum tree.