The pronunciation of "kun" is kūn: the original meaning is the same as "kun", and in the sense of "Qiankun", kun is a variant of "kun". It is a standard word when used for names and surnames.

"Kun":

Interpretation

(Phonetic. From soil, Shen sound. Original meaning: one of the eight trigrams, symbolizing the place)

地,大地

Kun, earth, is the hexagram of Yi. ——"Shuowen"

Kun means earth. ——"Zuo Zhuan·Twenty-two Years of Duke Zhuang"

Kun is also Earth. ——"Yi·Shuo Gua"

Mountains and rivers are all the spirits of Kun. ——"Book of Song Dynasty·Le Zhi"

Another example: Kun Yuan (the original virtue of Kun, referring to the virtue of the earth's endowment of all things); Kun Mu (earth; fire); Kun Hou (earth) ;Kun Zhen (a symbol of the earth); Kun axis (imaginary earth axis); Kun Wei (earth dimension. Refers to the four directions of the earth); Kun Yi (earth. Same as Kun Yu)

"Yi 》Hexagram name

One of the eight trigrams

Kun is the earth, the mother, the cloth, the cauldron, and stinginess. ——"Yi Shuo Gua"

Another example: Kun Gua (one of the eight trigrams, representative place); Kun Qian (ancient book name. Book of Yin and Yang)

Sixty-four One of the hexagrams

The terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with great virtue. ——"Yi Kun·Xiang"

〈Shape〉

Later used as a pronoun for women or women.

Such as: Kun Biao (women's watch); Kun Shoes (women's shoes); Kun Dan (female actresses play the role of Dan in Ping Opera, called Kun Dan; men play the role of Dan, called Qian Dan); Kun Zhai (marriage in old times) , call the girl’s house Kunzhai and the man’s house Qianzhai)

In ancient times, the direction was determined by the Eight Trigrams, and the southwest was Kun.

For example: Kunyin (southwest border); Kunyu (southwest); Kunwei (referring to the southwest)

Related words

Qiankun? Kun Jiao? Kun Biao? Kun Ling? Kun Qian? Kun Che? Kun Ji? Kun Ze? Hou Kun? Kun Qian Kun De? Kun Yu? Kun Hou? Kun Zai?