昆 — kanji meaning “descendants”
昆
descendants, elder brother, insect
- Meanings
- descendants, elder brother, insect
- On'yomi
- コン (kon)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1688 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- kūn — Chinese character page
Words with 昆
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昆虫 | こんちゅう konchuu | insect; bug |
| 昆布 | こんぶ konbu | kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp |
| 昆虫学 | こんちゅうがく konchuugaku | entomology |
| 昆虫採集 | こんちゅうさいしゅう konchuusaishuu | insect collecting |
| 昆布茶 | こぶちゃ kobucha | kelp tea; seaweed tea |
| 子持昆布 | こもちこんぶ komochikonbu | kelp with herring roe (sushi type) |
| 昆布だし | こんぶだし konbudashi | soup stock made from kombu |
| 昆虫学者 | こんちゅうがくしゃ konchuugakusha | entomologist |
| 後昆 | こうこん koukon | grandchildren; posterity |
| 昆布巻き | こぶまき kobumaki | sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled |
| 無翅昆虫 | むしこんちゅう mushikonchuu | apterygote (wingless insect) |
| 有翅昆虫 | ゆうしこんちゅう yuushikonchuu | pterygote (winged insect) |
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