巽
- gentle, yielding, compliant;
☴ the 5th of the Eight Trigrams (八卦) in the I Ching, symbolizing wind or wood.
Etymology
Pictograph depicts two kneeling people facing a table (巺).
Originally conveyed “to prepare food.”
When borrowed (假借) for the sense “gentle, yielding,” the food-preparation meaning split off into 饌 (찬, side dish) with the 食 radical.
Usage in Korean
巽卦 (손괘) — the Xùn hexagram (Wind/Wood) in the I Ching
巽順 (손순) — compliant, yielding
謙巽 (겸손) — modest and gentle
Words that derived from 巽
Alternative forms
巺 — older/original form
饌 — “side dish, meal,” semantically derived
巽
부드러울
손
budeureoul
son
Kangxi radical:49, 己 + 9
Strokes:12
Unicode:U+5DFD
Cangjie input:
- 口山廿金 (RUTC)
Composition:
- ⿱⿰ 巳 巳 共 (G H T K V)
- ⿱⿰ 己 己 共 (J)
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