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Reading

Kana: コン
Romaji: kon
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

descendants, elder brother, insect

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  72
Frequency:  1688
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-4-4
Korean Reading:  hon
Chinese Reading:  kun1
Unicode:  6606
JIS:  3A2B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2413
Nelson Index: 2106
New Nelson Index: 2430
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c4.10
Four Corner Index: 6011.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1276
Gakken Index: 1837
Japanese Names Index: 945
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13792
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0754
Remembering the kanji Index: 448
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1405
Kodansha Compact Index: 968
Kanji in Context Index: 1859
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1563
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2138
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 457
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 483
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3067
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3856
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1188

Words

昆虫 (こんちゅう)
insect; bug
とろろ昆布 (とろろこんぶ、とろろこぶ)
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)
子持昆布 (こもちこんぶ)
kelp with herring roe (sushi type)
昆布出し (こんぶだし)
soup stock made from konbu
昆虫学者 (こんちゅうがくしゃ)
entomologist
昆布 (こんぶ、コンブ、こぶ)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
昆虫採集 (こんちゅうさいしゅう)
insect collecting
昆布茶 (こぶちゃ、こんぶちゃ)
kelp tea
朧昆布 (おぼろこんぶ)
shredded tangle or kelp
昆虫学 (こんちゅうがく)
entomology; study of insects
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