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昆
kūn
1. descendant
2. elder brother
3. a style of Chinese poetry
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

昆
kūn
elder brother; descendants
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

昆卡
Kūnkǎ
Cuenca
昆曲
Kūnqǔ
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
昆腔
Kūnqiāng
see [[崑曲|昆曲<Kūnqǔ>]]
昆仲
kūnzhòng
(literary) brothers
坎昆
Kǎnkūn
Cancún
昆明
Kūnmíng
Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆廷
Kūntíng
Quentin (name)
昆剧
Kūnjù
see [[崑曲|昆曲<Kūnqǔ>]]
昆阳
Kūnyáng
Kunyang town and former county in Yunnan
昆山
Kūnshān
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou [[蘇州|苏州<Sūzhōu>]], Jiangsu
昆虫
kūnchóng
insect
HSK 5
昆仑
Kūnlún
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
昆汀
Kūntīng
Quentin (name)
石玉昆
ShíYùkūn
Shi Yukun (probably c. 1810-c. 1871), Qing pinghua [[評話|评话]] master storyteller
昆士兰
Kūnshìlán
Queensland, northeast Australian state
昆山市
Kūnshānshì
Kunshan county level city in Suzhou [[蘇州|苏州<Sūzhōu>]], Jiangsu
昆仑山
Kūnlúnshān
Kunlun Mountain range
昆明市
Kūnmíngshì
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆明湖
KūnmíngHú
Kunming Lake
昆虫学
kūnchóngxué
entomology

Alternate Entries

昆
kūn
variant of [[崑|昆<kūn>]]
昆
kūn
used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains [[崑崙|昆仑<Kūnlún>]] / (also used for transliteration)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,758
Word Frequency Rank
4,507 of 84,292