昆

kūn

noun #12,083

Meanings

1 descendant; offspring
2 elder brother
3 used in place names (e.g. Kunlun, Kunming)

Characters

descendant; elder brother

Examples

昆明是云南省的省会。

Kūnmíng shì Yúnnán shěng de shěnghuì.

Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province.

昆虫种类非常丰富。

Kūnchóng zhǒnglèi fēicháng fēngfù.

There are very many species of insects.

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usage

昆 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It mainly appears in compounds like 昆虫 (insect), 昆明 (Kunming), and 昆仑 (Kunlun Mountains).

Stroke Order

昆 kūn