菌 (kwan2 | jun1 jun4) : fungus; bacteria, germ

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菌

kwan2

jun1 jun4

[1] fungus; mushroom
[2] bacteria; germ

Pinyin jun1 is China reading; jun4 is Taiwan.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

菌

This word has been viewed 8801 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Mar 2014 13:47

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真菌 zan1 kwan2 zhen1 jun1 = fungus

殺菌 saat3 kwan2 sha1 jun1/4 = disinfect; to kill bacteria

病菌 beng6 kwan2 bing4 jun4 (Taiwan), bing4 jun1 (PRC) = germs

細菌 sai3 kwan2 xi4 jun4 (Taiwan), xi1 jun1 (PRC) = germs; bacteria; virus

微菌 mei4 kwan2 wei2 jun4 (Taiwan), wei1 jun1 (PRC) = bacteria

乳酸菌 jyu5 syun1 kwan2 ru3 suan1 jun4 (Taiwan), ru3 suan1 jun1 (PRC) = lactic acid bacteria, lactobacillus

沙門氏菌 saa1 mun4 si6 kwan2 sha1 men2 shi4 jun4 (Taiwan), sha1 men2 shi4 jun1 (PRC) = salmonella

殺菌作用 saat3 kwan2 zok3 jung6 sha1 jun4 zuo4 yong4 (Taiwan), sha1 jun1 zuo4 yong4 (PRC) = sterilization

滅菌 mit6 kwan2 mie4 jun4 (Taiwan), mie4 jun1 (PRC) = sterilization

真菌類 zan1 kwan2 leoi6 zhen1 jun4 lei4 (Taiwan), zhen1 jun1 lei4 (PRC) = fungi
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 41 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 菌
Unicode code for this character: U+83cc (off-site link)

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