Memory phrase for the Kanji: 昆

昆

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Meaning descendants, insect, multitude

Pronunciation

KON

Explanation

Actually the pictograph of an insect (top: carapace 日, below: legs 比 [=comparison of two sitting 匕 persons])

Mnemonic
 
The sun over the two sitting persons 比, the: descendants.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
比 compare
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 Vocabulary

昆虫 こんちゅう  insect, bug

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