昆 (kwan1 gwan1 | kun1) : elder brother

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昆

kwan1 gwan1

kun1

[1] elder brother
[2] offspring; descendants; progeny
[3] [粵] [v] fool; trick; lure | variant: 坤

Jyutping gwan1 is the literary sound; kwan1, the colloquial. The two are mostly interchangeable, but kwan1 is more popular.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

昆

This word has been viewed 3630 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Sep 2009 02:33

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昆蟲 kwan1 cung4 kun1 chong2 = insects

昆明 kwan1 ming4 kun1 ming2 = Kunming, capitol of Yunnan province in southwest China

昆山 kwan1 saan1 kun1 shan1 = Kunshan (city in Jiangsu)

昆士蘭州 kwan1 si6 laan4 zau1 kun1 shi4 lan2 zhou1 = Queensland (Australia)

昆明湖 kwan1 ming4 wu4 kun1 ming2 hu2 = Kunming Lake

昆市 kwan1 si5 = Quincy (Massachusetts)

昆仲 kwan1 zung6 kun1 zhong4 = brothers; elder and younger brothers

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Decimal representation of this word: 昆
Unicode code for this character: U+6606 (off-site link)

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