ㄎㄨㄣ

kūn

descendant

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.

It is made up of the components 日 (sun) and 比 (compare).

  • 昆
    ㄎㄨㄣ

    kūn

    descendant

    • 日
      ㄖ ˋ

      rì

      sun

    • 比
      ㄅㄧ ˇ

      bǐ

      compare

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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

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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]

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