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건곤
건곤
乾坤
[ geon'gon ]
「명사」 Noun
• universe
Heaven and earth.
cosmos & existence
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate
The hanja from which the word comes
乾 (건)
–
to dry, to wither, to parch, heaven, sky (as in the Eight Trigrams, 乾卦)
坤 (곤)
–
earth, ground, the receptive principle (yin)
Neighboring words in the dictionary
거리
거미
거북이
거실
거울
거위
거짓말쟁이
건강
건곤
건물
건조하다
건축
건축가
건축하다
걸
걸음걸이
검
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