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菌

jūn

HSK 6 Character

What 菌 means

1. germ
2. bacteria
3. fungus
4. mold
5. Taiwan pr. jùn

Other readings

菌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jùnmushroom

Example sentences

• 这种牛奶是无菌的。
  Zhèzhǒng niúnǎi shì wújūn de.
  This milk is germ-free.
• 观察放大了一万倍的细菌。
  Guānchá fàngdà le yī wàn bèi de xìjūn.
  Observe bacteria magnified ten thousand times.
• 细菌微小到无法用肉眼看到。
  Bacteria are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye.
• 手机如同马桶一样被细菌污染。
  Shǒujī rútóng mǎtǒng yīyàng bèi xìjūn wūrǎn.
  A cell phone is as contaminated with bacteria as a toilet is.

Words starting with 菌

• 菌子jùn zi(dialect) mushroom
• 菌托jūn tuōvolva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi)
• 菌界jūn jièfungus (taxonomic kingdom); mycota
• 菌种jūn zhǒng(microorganism) species; strain; (fungus and mushroom) spore; spawn
• 菌丝jūn sīmycelium; hypha
• 菌群jūn qúnmicrobiota; microbiome
• 菌肥jūn féibacterial manure
• 菌落jūn luòbacterial colony; microbial colony
• 菌盖jùn gàicap of mushroom
• 菌类jūn lèifungus
• 菌胶团jūn jiāo tuánzoogloea
• 菌苗jūn miáovaccine
• 菌柄jùn bǐngmushroom stem
• 菌伞jùn sǎnmushroom top
• 菌菇jūn gūmushroom
• 菌褶jùn zhělamella (under the cap of a mushroom)
• 菌陈蒿jūn chén hāotarragon

Words containing 菌

• 细菌xì jūnbacterium; germ
• 病菌bìng jūnharmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria; germs
• 杀菌shā jūnto kill germs; to disinfect; to sterilize
• 真菌zhēn jūnfungi; fungus
• 细菌战xì jūn zhànbiological warfare; germ warfare
• 杆菌gǎn jūnbacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
• 亮菌liàng jūnArmillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
• 块菌kuài jūntruffle (edible root fungus)
• 微菌wēi jūnmicroorganism
• 抗菌kàng jūnantibacterial
• 松菌sōng jùnmatsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
• 灭菌miè jūnto sterilize
• 无菌wú jūnsterile; aseptic
• 球菌qiú jūncoccus (spherical bacteria pathogen)
• 蓝菌lán jūnCyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• 食菌shí jùnedible mushroom
• 乳酸菌rǔ suān jūnlactic acid bacteria
• 厌氧菌yàn yǎng jūnanaerobic bacteria
• 带菌者dài jūn zhěasymptomatic carrier
• 抗菌素kàng jūn sùantibiotic
• 抗菌药kàng jūn yàoantibacterial
• 放线菌fàng xiàn jūnactinomycete (bacteria of order Actinomycetales)
• 杀真菌shā zhēn jūnfungicidal; to have a fungicidal effect
• 杀菌剂shā jūn jìgermicide; antimicrobial agent

Characters that look like 菌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 售shòu(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 匿nìto hide
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 葳wēiluxuriant

Sounds the same

Read jūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 军(bound form) army; military
• 均(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 君monarch; lord; gentleman
• 钧30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 筠used in 筠连
• 皲to chap
• 麇hornless deer
• 莙species of water plant
• 鲪Sebastodes guntheri
• 龟variant of 皲
• 銞old variant of 钧
• 麕variant of 麇