昆
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
象形。角の無い鹿を象る。「ノロジカ」を意味する漢語{麇}を表す字。のち仮借して漢語{昆}に用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
descendants, elder brother, insect
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- コンJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音kun1
- 한글gon
- 한글hon
- Hán-ViệtCôn
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 8 strokes
- Radical
- 日(ひ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+6606
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日比
Words using this kanji
- 昆虫こんちゅう頭部、胸部、腹部と分かれ、6本の足を持つ。insect, bug
- 昆布こんぶコンブ科の海藻の一般的名称。kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp
- 昆孫こんそん来孫の子。本人を0代目として6代目の子孫にあたる。sixth-generation descendant, great-great-great-great-grandchild
- 昆弟こんていbrothers
- 昆明こんめいKunming (China)
- 昆虫学こんちゅうがく昆虫について研究する学問。動物学の一部。entomology
- 昆布茶こぶちゃ昆布を乾燥させ細く切って煎じたり、粉末にしてお湯で溶かしたりした茶。kelp tea, seaweed tea
- 昆虫綱こんちゅうこうInsecta (class comprising the insects)
- 昆虫食こんちゅうしょくentomophagy, insect eating
- 昆虫類こんちゅうるい昆虫綱に分類される動物の総称。昆虫に同じ。Insecta, the insects
- 昆虫採集こんちゅうさいしゅうinsect collecting
- 昆布だしこんぶだしsoup stock made from kombu
- 昆虫学者こんちゅうがくしゃ昆虫学を研究する科学者。entomologist
- 昆布巻きこぶまきsliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled
- 昆布締めこぶじめsalted or vinegared fish pressed between sheets of kombu
- 昆虫恐怖症こんちゅうきょうふしょうentomophobia, fear of insects
- 昆虫ホルモンこんちゅうホルモンinsect hormone (i.e. ecdysone)
- 昆虫ウイルスこんちゅうウイルスinsect virus
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-4-4- Four Corner
6011.1- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c4.10- Heisig
- 483
- Nelson
- 2106