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鲲

kūn

Character Traditional 鯤

What 鲲 means

1. fry (newly hatched fish)
2. legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird {鹏|Péng}

Words starting with 鲲

• 鲲鹏kūn péngkun 鲲; peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun
• 鲲鹏展翅kūn péng zhǎn chìlit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly…

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
• 馄húnused in 馄饨
• 琨kūn(jade)
• 醌kūnquinone (chemistry)
• 锟kūnsteel sword
• 绲gǔncord; embroidered sash; to sew

Characters that look like 鲲

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

• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 糕gāocake
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 醍tíused in 醍醐
• 蝾róngsalamander

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; ☷
• 琨(jade)
• 醌quinone (chemistry)
• 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