jūnjùn

mushroom

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

囷 sound component

  Sound component

qūn

  

round-shaped storage bin for grain

Evolution

菌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
菌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jūn

mushroom; germ, microbe; germ; bacteria; fungus; mold; Taiwan pr. [jùn]

Most common words with 菌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

细菌

germ

germ

杆菌

bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)

病菌

germs

霉菌

mold