Moto 昆: Descendants; Elder Brother; InsectKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コン
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 35 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コン)
- 昆虫こんちゅうinsect; bug
- 昆布こんぶkombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu
- かごめ昆布かごめこんぶkagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
- とろろ昆布とろろこんぶshredded kombu
- 利尻昆布りしりこんぶLaminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)
- 医昆虫学いこんちゅうがくmedical entomology
- 塩昆布しおこんぶthin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
- 後昆こうこんgrandchildren; posterity
- 昆孫こんそんsixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild
- 昆布出しこんぶだしsoup stock made from kombu
- 昆弟こんていbrothers
- 昆虫ウイルスこんちゅうウイルスinsect virus
- 昆虫ホルモンこんちゅうホルモンinsect hormone (i.e. ecdysone)
- 昆虫学こんちゅうがくentomology; study of insects
- 昆虫学者こんちゅうがくしゃentomologist
- 昆虫採集こんちゅうさいしゅうinsect collecting
- 昆虫綱こんちゅうこうInsecta (class comprising the insects)
- 昆虫類こんちゅうるいInsecta; the insects
- 昆虫食こんちゅうしょくentomophagy; insect eating
- 有翅昆虫ゆうしこんちゅうpterygote (winged insect)
- 有翅昆虫類ゆうしこんちゅうるいpterygotes (winged insects)
- 朧昆布おぼろこんぶshredded tangle or kelp
- 水生昆虫すいせいこんちゅうaquatic insect
- 無翅昆虫むしこんちゅうapterygote (wingless insect)
- 無翅昆虫類むしこんちゅうるいapterygotes (wingless insects)
- 真昆布まこんぶJapanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
- 社会性昆虫しゃかいせいこんちゅうsocial insect
- 籠目昆布かごめこんぶkagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
- 酢昆布すこんぶsour kombu prepared with black vinegar
- 長昆布ながこんぶLaminaria longissima (species of kelp)
Other readings
- 子持昆布こもちこんぶkelp with herring roe (sushi type)
- 昆布巻こぶまきtype of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
- 昆布巻きこぶまきtype of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
- 昆布茶こぶちゃkelp tea
- 薯蕷昆布とろろこんぶshredded kombu
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