Read Edit View history 昆 kūn HSK7 elder brother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an insect. Based on the original meaning "insect", now preserved in the word 昆虫. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas kūn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 昆 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 266, 758 ], [ 293, 737 ], [ 305, 714 ], [ 360, 464 ] ], [ [ 325, 755 ], [ 347, 745 ], [ 601, 791 ], [ 635, 791 ], [ 661, 779 ], [ 687, 743 ], [ 661, 678 ], [ 611, 509 ] ], [ [ 363, 602 ], [ 374, 612 ], [ 485, 637 ], [ 539, 644 ], [ 563, 637 ] ], [ [ 379, 481 ], [ 391, 494 ], [ 568, 526 ], [ 585, 535 ] ], [ [ 281, 290 ], [ 402, 320 ], [ 444, 319 ] ], [ [ 200, 410 ], [ 234, 385 ], [ 245, 372 ], [ 247, 357 ], [ 250, 235 ], [ 240, 110 ], [ 287, 116 ], [ 439, 195 ] ], [ [ 772, 432 ], [ 785, 388 ], [ 602, 286 ], [ 596, 275 ] ], [ [ 530, 467 ], [ 560, 436 ], [ 575, 409 ], [ 564, 312 ], [ 565, 207 ], [ 576, 123 ], [ 589, 92 ], [ 603, 78 ], [ 659, 58 ], [ 769, 53 ], [ 839, 61 ], [ 896, 83 ], [ 899, 253 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 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653 823 587 808 Q 526 802 407 776 Q 355 766 318 759 C 289 753 308 710 336 720 Q 375 739 587 768 Q 618 771 628 765 Q 641 758 634 719 Q 606 575 593 547 Q 592 544 591 541 C 582 517 582 517 591 506 Z", "M 359 594 Q 363 594 369 595 Q 478 614 558 626 Q 583 630 573 644 Q 563 660 535 664 Q 502 667 354 623 C 325 614 329 592 359 594 Z", "M 375 475 Q 378 475 384 476 Q 450 492 591 506 C 621 509 618 527 591 541 Q 590 542 588 543 Q 572 550 544 544 Q 451 520 375 508 C 345 503 345 472 375 475 Z", "M 275 283 Q 305 276 378 290 Q 403 297 431 303 Q 450 307 452 310 Q 459 317 455 325 Q 448 335 421 341 Q 393 345 367 333 Q 328 321 276 310 C 247 304 246 289 275 283 Z", "M 276 310 Q 277 359 279 368 Q 283 386 271 395 Q 259 407 216 419 Q 200 422 193 417 Q 186 410 197 392 Q 237 335 220 196 Q 210 136 165 90 Q 153 80 159 57 Q 166 29 180 15 Q 190 5 205 19 Q 262 73 424 176 Q 440 185 444 194 Q 447 200 440 200 Q 428 200 291 143 Q 279 139 276 143 Q 272 144 273 156 Q 274 234 275 283 L 276 310 Z", "M 590 269 Q 683 305 776 342 Q 797 351 820 353 Q 845 357 839 379 Q 830 400 808 422 Q 787 441 774 443 Q 761 444 761 430 Q 758 400 629 317 Q 611 307 592 293 C 568 275 562 258 590 269 Z", "M 946 95 Q 925 147 913 238 Q 910 257 902 262 Q 892 268 889 245 Q 871 133 854 113 Q 829 86 718 81 Q 658 82 632 93 Q 610 103 604 119 Q 591 153 589 244 Q 589 257 590 269 L 592 293 Q 596 357 611 391 Q 624 425 602 444 Q 544 486 526 481 Q 510 474 518 455 Q 542 412 538 349 Q 537 115 568 75 Q 586 45 664 31 Q 721 21 812 23 Q 894 24 926 41 Q 960 60 946 95 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.