昆

insect; descendants; elder brother

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1688.

Readings

• コン (on reading): 昆虫 (こんちゅう) insect; 昆布 (こんぶ) kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica)

Components

• 日
• 比
• 日 radical sun; day
• 比 radical compare

Kanji containing 昆

• 混 mix
• 崑 place name
• 菎 a kind of fragrant herb
• 棍 a cane
• 焜 shine
• 箟 a type of bamboo
• 鯤 large mythical fish

Words using 昆

• 昆虫 (こんちゅう) insect
• 昆布 (こんぶ) kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica)
• 昆虫学 (こんちゅうがく) entomology
• 塩昆布 (しおこんぶ) thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
• 昆虫採集 (こんちゅうさいしゅう) insect collecting
• 昆布茶 (こぶちゃ) kelp tea
• 昆布巻き (こぶまき) sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled
• 昆布締め (こぶじめ) salted or vinegared fish pressed between sheets of kombu

33 words in all.

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