Word Meaning

e

艮 is read as え (e) and means gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast).

Meaning

English

  1. gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)

Reading

Kana

Romaji

e

Writing Variants

  • こん kon
  • ごん gon

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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ごんはほくとうのほうがくをあらわすじだ。

This character represents the northeast direction.

むかしのこよみではごんがほういのなとしてつかわれた。

In old calendars, this character was used as the name of a direction.

ごんにはとまるといういみもある。

This character also has the meaning of stopping.

かれはごんのようにそのばでうごきをとめた。

He stopped moving right there.

じしょではごんをえきのけにもかんけいするじとしてのせている。

The dictionary also lists this character as related to a trigram in the I Ching.

ごんのじはいまではぶしゅとしてみることがおおい。

Nowadays, this character is more often seen as a radical.

このかんじはごんをぶしゅにもっている。

This kanji has radical number 138.

ごんはうしとらのほうがくとしてもしられる。

This character is also known as the ushi-tora direction, that is, northeast.

ふるいうらないのほんにはごんのせつめいがくわしくかかれている。

Old divination books explain this character in detail.