Korean Word Entry

乾坤一擲
Hangul:건곡일척
Revised Romanization:geongogilcheog
Definition: a final, decisive battle or contest.

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Chinese characters used in this word

drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor, first hexagram, warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄢ (gān), ㄑㄧㄢˊ (qián)
Cantonese: kin4
Japanese: カン (kan)、 ケン (ken)、 ゲン (gen) / かわ.く (kawaku)、 かわ.かす (kawakasu)、 ほ.す (hosu)、 ひ.る (hiru)、 いぬい (inui)
Korean: 간 (gan), 건 (geon)
Vietnamese: kiền, can
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divination sign, land, earth, feminine, female
Readings
Mandarin: ㄎㄨㄣ (kūn)
Cantonese: kwan1
Japanese: コン (kon) / つち (tsuchi)、 ひつじさる (hitsujisaru)
Korean: 곤 (gon)
Vietnamese: khôn
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one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese: jat1
Japanese: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 일 (il)
Vietnamese: nhất
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hit, resign, throw (down), hurl, cast, fling
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓˋ (zhì), ㄓˊ (zhí)
Cantonese: zaak6
Japanese: テキ (teki)、 チャク (chaku)、 ジャク (jaku) / なぐ.る (naguru)、 なげう.つ (nageutsu)
Korean: 척 (cheog)
Vietnamese: trịch
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