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
| 乾 | 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 |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 干 |
| Semantic variant form: | 亁 |
| 坤 | 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 |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 堃 |
| 一 | 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 |
| 擲 | 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 |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 掷 |
| Semantic variant form: | 擿 |