Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: sun, day

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コンチュウ insect, bug

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

コウコン grandchildren, posterity