昆 – descendants, elder brother, insect

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1688 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 昆 means descendants, elder brother, insect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コン (kon). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コン	kon

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 日・比.

Words using 昆

昆虫こんちゅうinsect

Example sentences

趣味は昆虫を集めることです。

My hobby is collecting insects.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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