昆
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
kūn kun1
昆
- descendant
- elder brother
- a style of Chinese poetry
崑
- used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑 Kūn lún
- (also used for transliteration)
Example sentences
- Most insects have six legs and four wings.
HSK words with 昆
More words with 昆
- 昆布 kūnbù kelp
- 昆玉 kūnyù honorific term for another person's brother
- 昆仲 kūnzhòng (literary) brothers
- 昆虫学 kūnchóngxué entomology
- 昆卡 Kūnkǎ Cuenca (place name and surname)
- 昆曲 Kūnqǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
- 坎昆 Kǎnkūn Cancún
- 昆仑 Kūnlún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
- 昆汀 Kūntīng Quentin (name)
- 昆廷 Kūntíng Quentin (name)
- 昆山市 KūnshānShì Kunshan, a county-level city in Suzhou City 苏州市 (Sū zhōu Shì), Jiangsu