The Kanji Map

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: descendants, elder brother, insect

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: コン

Composition: 日比

昆

Radical: 日

Meaning: sun, day

Reading: ひ

Frequency: 453

Alternative forms:

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昆虫（コンチュウ） insect, bug

昆布（コンブ） kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp, any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

後昆（コウコン） grandchildren, posterity