昆 (kūn)

elder brother; descendant; (used in 昆蟲 insect)

How 昆 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
昆
Simplified
昆 (unchanged)

Common words using 昆

昆明 kūnmíng
Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
崑山 kūnshān
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
崑山市 kūnshānshì
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
崑崙 kūnlún
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
崑崙山 kūnlúnshān
Kunlun Mountain range
崑曲 kūnqǔ
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
昆明市 kūnmíngshì
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆蟲 kūnchóng
insect; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]
坎昆 kǎnkūn
Cancún
崑劇 kūnjù
see 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
崑士蘭 kūnshìlán
Queensland, northeast Australian state
昆卡 kūnkǎ
Cuenca

昆 in a sentence

小孩子通常對昆蟲很感興趣。

Xiǎoháizi tōngcháng duì kūnchóng hěn gǎn xìngqù.

“Children are usually very interested in insects.”

How common is 昆?

昆 is the 1,757th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.1% of all running text.

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