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醌

kūn

Character

What 醌 means

1. quinone (chemistry)

Words containing 醌

• 萘醌nài kūnnaphthoquinone (chemistry)
• 对苯醌duì běn kūn1,4-benzoquinone (chemistry); para-benzoquinone
• 邻苯醌lín běn kūn1,2-benzoquinone (chemistry); ortho-benzoquinone
• 蒽醌ēn kūnanthraquinone (chemistry)

Characters built on 昆

These share the phonetic component 昆 (kūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 混hùnto mix; to mingle; muddled
• 棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
• 辊gǔnroller
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 馄húnused in 馄饨
• 琨kūn(jade)
• 锟kūnsteel sword
• 绲gǔncord; embroidered sash; to sew

Sounds the same

Read kūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昆used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑; (also used for transliteration)
• 坤one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 鲲fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 琨(jade)
• 髡scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
• 锟steel sword
• 焜brilliant
• 晜descendant; elder brother
• 菎beautiful jade; bamboo
• 裈pants (old)
• 騉fine horse
• 堃surname Kun