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kūn

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kūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kūn | kun1
English translation
the Kunlun mountains in Jiang Su province

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About kūn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

kūn

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of kūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山昆

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

kūn

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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Words with 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
kūn descendant 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

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