Kun, a Chinese third-level character, is pronounced as kun (kūn). Its original meaning is the same as "kun". In the sense of "Qiankun", kun is a variant of "kun". It is a standard character when used in names and surnames. .
Knowledge expansion
As for the word "kun", it is a variant of "kun" and is rarely used in modern Chinese characters. The word Kun itself refers to one of the eight trigrams, representing earth and opposite to "qian". Among the five elements, Kun belongs to earth. In traditional Chinese culture, Bagua is an important foundation for Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, etc., and is widely used in philosophy, morality, Feng Shui, prediction and other aspects.
In addition, Bagua is also closely related to traditional cultural fields such as traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts, music, and calligraphy. For example, the meridian theory in traditional Chinese medicine, Bagua Zhang in martial arts, Bagua Qin in music, Bagua grid in calligraphy, etc. all use the principles and ideas of Bagua.
In addition, in modern Chinese, the character Kun is also often used in names of people, places and hexagrams. For example, actress Yang Mi has a daughter named "Little Nuomi", in which "糯米" is the homophone of the word "kun". Among the place names, for example, Zhengzhou City in Henan Province has "Kunda Road" and so on. In the hexagram names, such as the "Di Shan Qian" hexagram, the "di" in it is the Kun hexagram.
In general, although the word "Kun" is rarely used, the Bagua culture and Kun Gua thought behind it are treasures of traditional Chinese culture and are worthy of our in-depth understanding and inheritance.
The text structure of kun
You can see the composition of the word "kun". It consists of two parts. The left side is "Tu", which means the meaning related to the earth; the right side is "Kun", which is a radical indicating the phonology. Therefore, the meaning of the word "kun" is related to the earth, which is the same as "kun".
In modern Chinese, because the word "kun" has more strokes and is more complicated to write, it is rarely used. But in some special occasions, such as naming, engraving, etc., this word is still used. In addition, in the art of calligraphy, some calligraphers choose to write the character "kun" to show its unique charm and beauty.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the encoding of the word "kun" in the input method. Since the word "kun" is used less frequently, it may not be input directly in some input methods. However, by inputting the character "kun" and using the error correction function of the Pinyin input method, the character "kun" can be entered more conveniently.