qián kūn

乾坤 (qián kūn) is a Chinese word meaning “yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe”.

Meanings

  1. 1yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

Characters in 乾坤

乾qián · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven坤kūn · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth

Related words

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