Keyword
elder brother
- descendants
- Frequency
- #1767
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
kūn
Mnemonic
Two brothers 比 under the son 日
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
昆虫
insect
昆
(also used for transliteration); descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
昆仑
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
昆明市
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province 云南省 (YúnnánShěng)
昆士兰
Queensland, northeast Australian state
杨尚昆
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
昆山市
Kunshan, a county-level city in Suzhou City 苏州市 (SūzhōuShì), Jiangsu
昆曲
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
昆仑山
Kunlun Mountain range
昆士兰州
Queensland (Australia)
昆汀
Quentin (name); Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
坎昆
Cancún
昆虫学
entomology
喀喇昆仑山
Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang
昆布
kelp
昆廷
Quentin (name)
昆明湖
Kunming Lake
昆仲
(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother
昆仑山脉
Kunlun Mountain range
昆都仑区
Hondlon, a district of Baotou City 包头市 (BāotóuShì), Inner Mongolia
昆卡
Cuenca (place name and surname)
石玉昆
Shi Yukun (c. 1810-1871), Qing pinghua 评话 (pínghuà) master storyteller