昆

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descendants

HSK 7 N1

kūn

コン

곤, 혼

Depicts an insect. Based on the original meaning "insect", now preserved in the word 昆虫. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

昆

Regular

Modern

Chinese

昆 [kūn]

descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

昆こん

Kon surnamemale given name

CHINESE WORDS (41)

Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China

昆仑 [Kūnlún] #13,469

Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang

昆明市 [Kūnmíngshì] #15,689

Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China

昆廷 [Kūntíng] #20,946

Quentin (name)

昆山 [Kūnshān] #18,342

Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sūzhōu], Jiangsu

昆曲 [Kūnqǔ] #23,633

Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times

昆虫学 [kūnchóngxué] #32,060

entomology

昆虫学 [kūnchóngxué] #32,060

entomology

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JAPANESE WORDS (35)

⭐ 昆虫 [こんちゅう] #11,437

insect

⭐ 昆布 [こんぶ] #25,035

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica)

昆虫採集 [こんちゅうさいしゅう] #73,141

sour kombu prepared with black vinegar

塩昆布 [しおこんぶ] #94,421

thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried

昆布巻き [こぶまき] #94,815

type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

昆虫類 [こんちゅうるい] #108,403

Insecta

昆虫学者 [こんちゅうがくしゃ] #115,192

entomologist

昆虫食 [こんちゅうしょく] #121,465

entomophagy

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KOREAN WORDS (1)

곤충

insect