鯤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「昆」。漢語{鯤}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

large mythical fish, roe

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コン
Other languages
  • 拼音kun1
  • 한글gon
  • Hán-ViệtCôn

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9BE4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚昆

Words using this kanji

  • こんkun (giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-8
Four Corner
2631.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a8.4