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昆 kūn

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昆 kūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kūn | kun1
English translation
variant of 崑 kūn
>昆 kūn [kūn]
used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙
>昆仑 Kūn lún [Kūn lún]
(also used for transliteration)
elder brother; descendants

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About 昆 kūn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

昆 kūn

Contains the radical

日 Rì

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

Two brothers 比 Bǐ  under the son 日 Rì

Etymology of 昆 kūn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱日比

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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Example sentences using 昆 kūn

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他 tā 在 zài 昆 kūn 斯敦呆 dāi 了 le 很 hěn 久 jiǔ .

He remained long in Queenstown.

她 tā 用 yòng 杯子 bēizi 扣住 kòu zhù 了 le 那 Nā 只 zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng .

She caught the insect by inverting her cup over it.

那 Nā 鸟 diǎo 在 zài 飞行 fēi xíng 中 Zhōng 捉住 zhuō zhù 了 le 一 yī 只 zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng .

The bird caught a bug on the fly.

不时 bùshí 有 yǒu 只 zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng 嗡 wēng 嗡嗡地打破 dǎ pò 这 zhè 阵 zhèn 寂静 jìjìng .

It intervals the drone of an insect bored the air.

收集 shōu jí 小 xiǎo 昆虫 kūnchóng 时 shí 可以 kěyǐ 把 bǎ 它们 tā men 装进广口瓶里。

Small insects can be collected by shaking them into a jar.

Words with 昆 kūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
昆虫 kūnchóng insect昆蟲
昆明 Kūn míng Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China昆明 Kūn míng
昆 kūn descendant昆 kūn
昆仑 Kūn lún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang崑崙
昆明市 Kūn míng shì Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China昆明市 Kūn míng shì
昆廷 Kūn tíng Quentin (name)昆廷 Kūn tíng
昆山 Kūn shān Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 Sū zhōu [Sū​zhōu], Jiangsu崑山
昆曲 Kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times崑曲
昆虫学 kūn chóng xué entomology昆蟲學
昆仑山 Kūn lún shān Kunlun Mountain range崑崙山
杨尚昆 Yáng Shàng kūn Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader楊尚昆
昆剧 Kūn jù Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times崑劇
昆布 kūn bù kelp昆布 kūn bù
昆汀 Kūn tīng Quentin (name)昆汀 Kūn tīng

昆 kūn Decomposition & Compounds

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昆 kūn Decomposition

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昆 kūn Compounds

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  • 昆 kūn
    • 崑 kūn
      • 熴 kūn
    • 混 hún , 棍 gùn , 馄 hún , 婫, 醌 kūn , 辊 gǔn , 鲲 kūn , 掍 hùn , 焜 kūn , 琨 kūn , 绲 gǔn , 菎 kūn , 锟 kūn , 騉 kūn , 鹍 kūn , 倱, 堒, 尡, 崐, 惃, 猑, 窤, 箟, 緄 gǔn , 蜫, 裩, 輥 gǔn , 錕 kūn , 餛 hún , 鯤 kūn , 鵾 kūn
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