fabulous sea monster, cf Leviathan or Jonah's whale
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鯤 is a 19 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as kūn in the first tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 鲲 is used.
It is made up of the components 魚 (fish) and 昆 (descendant).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 鯤
Definitions for 鯤 pronounced as kūn
- fry (newly hatched fish)
- legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 鯤 — see all
- kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts
- peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
- lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly
- displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset
- to have the world at one's feet