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昆

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • descendants
  • elder brother
  • insect

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コン
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1681
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
日#72 · sun

Components

Common Words

  • 昆虫こんちゅうNoun
    insect, bug
  • 昆布こんぶNoun
    kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp
  • 後昆こうこんNoun
    grandchildren, posterity
  • 昆孫こんそんNoun
    sixth-generation descendant, great-great-great-great-grandchild
  • 昆弟こんていNoun
    brothers
  • 昆明こんめいNoun
    Kunming (China)
  • 塩昆布しおこんぶNoun
    thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
  • 昆布〆こぶじめNoun
    salted or vinegared fish pressed between sheets of kombu

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

布linenふ、ほ、ぬのN25 strokes虫insectちゅう、き、むしN26 strokes明brightめい、みょう、みんN48 strokes後behindご、こう、のちN59 strokes弟younger brotherてい、だい、でN47 strokes孫grandchildそん、まごN210 strokes

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