kùn
to trap
to surround
hard-pressed
stranded
destitute
kǔn
a bunch
to tie together
bundle
kūn
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth
female principle
☷
ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
kūn
used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
(also used for transliteration)
kūn
descendant
elder brother
a style of Chinese poetry
kūn
fry (newly hatched fish)
legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
jié quán dào
Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
kǔn
threshold
inner appartments
woman
wife (honorific)
kūn
scalping
to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
kūn
large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic)
mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
Cáo Kūn
Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
Yóu Xī kūn
Yu Shyi-kun (1948-) Taiwanese politician
kūn
variant of 鵾|鹍, large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic)
mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
kǔn
palace corridor
fig. women's quarters
women
kǔn
a border or band on the edge of a dress
kūn péng
kun and peng, large mythological birds
kūn péng
kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts
peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
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