漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
菌: germ, fungus
Also: bacteria
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 艹grass(meaning)
- 囷(sound)
艹 carries the meaning · 囷 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 菌きんfungus
- 細菌さいきん
- 殺菌さっきん
- 球菌きゅうきんcoccus
- 抗菌こうきんantibacterial; antimicrobial
- 除菌じょきんdisinfection; sterile filtration
- 大腸菌だいちょうきんEscherichia coli (E. coli)
- ばい菌ばいきんgerm; germs; bacteria
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side菌 germ · 囷
vs萎 wither · 委In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jūn
Same form: 菌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 菌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 菌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jūn 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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