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昆 is an 8 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as kūn in the first tone.
In traditional Chinese the characters 崑 or 崐 may be used instead.
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"Let's COMPARE this species of rac[coon] to its <descendant> species. Animals of both don't like to be out when the SUN is out," explains Connor.
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 昆
Definitions for 昆 pronounced as kūn
- used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
- (also used for transliteration)
- descendant
- elder brother
- a style of Chinese poetry
- variant of 崑|昆[kun1]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 昆 — see all
- Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
- Kunshan county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
- insect
- CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]
Collections
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HSK 6
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The Second 1000 Traditional Chinese Characters
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The Second 1000 Simplified Chinese Characters
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