昆 — readings, stroke count and radical

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.

See all words containing this kanji(36 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-4
Four Corner
6011.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c4.10
Heisig
483
Nelson
2106