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昆

kūn

Meanings

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kūn
  1. 1.descendant
  2. 2.elder brother
  3. 3.a style of Chinese poetry
kūn
  1. 1.used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑[Kūn lún]
  2. 2.(also used for transliteration)
kūn
  1. 1.variant of 昆[kūn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.together
  2. 2.elder brother
  3. 3.descendants
  4. 4.later
  5. 5.many; numerous
  6. 6.a surname
  7. 7.quetta- (SI unit prefix)
  8. 8.54th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "unity" (𝌻)
  9. 9.to deceive; to fool

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – the body and legs of an insect. ; “elder brother” : Alternatively, it may be related to Middle Mon ကော (kao, “elder brother”), with nominal suffix -n added (Schuessler, 2007). ; “descendants; later” ; “many; numerous” ; “quetta-” 昆 is pronounced with aspirated initial /kʰ/ instead of the expected /k/ in the majority of modern varieties of Chinese. The /k/ sound in 昆 (MC kwon) was changed to /kʰ/ during its historical development to avoid homophony with 褌 (MC kwon, “underclothing”), a word that was historically in vernacular use (Hirayama, 2005).

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Stroke order

Components

昆日比

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Synonyms

奎

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Derived terms

公昆弟垂裕後昆垂裕后昆寄生昆蟲寄生昆虫後昆后昆昆仲昆吾昆士蘭昆士兰昆夷昆季昆布昆弟昆弟之好昆明昆明池昆明湖昆池劫灰昆玉昆蟲昆虫昆蟲學昆虫学昆蟲綱昆虫纲昆裔昆邪昆陽

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Related words

昆虫 insect昆腔 see 昆曲[Kūn qǔ]坎昆 Cancún昆明 see 昆明市[Kūn míng Shì]昆曲 Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times昆卡 Cuenca (place name and surname)昆仲 (literary) brothers昆汀 Quentin (name)昆剧 see 昆曲[Kūn qǔ]昆玉 honorific term for another person's brother昆山 see 昆山市[Kūn shān Shì]昆廷 Quentin (name)