Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

昆: descendants, elder brother

Also: insect

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 比 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 昆虫こんちゅうinsect; bug
  • 昆布こんぶkombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu
  • 後昆こうこんgrandchildren; posterity

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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比

Also built on to compare (比)

All 4

昆 gives its sound to

The family reading is コン (kon). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read コン

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
昆 descendants · 日
vs皆 all · 白
昆 has 日 where 皆 has 白.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kūn

Same form: 昆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
昆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
昆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin kūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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