菌 — Chinese character
菌
jūn
mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe
- Pinyin
- jūn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 囷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 囷
- Japanese
- 菌 as a kanji
Common words with 菌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 杆菌 (桿菌) | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
| 真菌 | zhēn jūn | fungi; fungus |
| 病菌 | bìng jūn | harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria |
| 杀菌 (殺菌) | shā jūn | to kill germs; to disinfect |
| 抗菌 | kàng jūn | antibacterial |
| 霉菌 | méi jūn | mold |
| 无菌 (無菌) | wú jūn | sterile; aseptic |
| 菌种 (菌種) | jūn zhǒng | (microorganism) species; strain; (fungus and mushroom) spore; spawn |
| 菌类 (菌類) | jūn lèi | fungus |
| 灭菌 (滅菌) | miè jūn | to sterilize |
| 葡萄球菌 | pú tao qiú jūn | staphylococcus |
English words written with 菌
菌 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.