菌

germ; fungus; bacteria

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1586.

Readings

• キン (on reading): 細菌 (さいきん) bacterium; 菌 (きん) fungus

Components

• 艹
• 囷
• 囗 radical enclosure
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 禾 radical grain

Words using 菌

• 細菌 (さいきん) bacterium
• 菌 (きん) fungus
• 菌類 (きんるい) fungus
• 古細菌 (こさいきん) archaea
• 真菌 (しんきん) fungus

263 words in all.

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