崑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kūn

Kunlun mountains in Jiang Su province.

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 昆 represents the sound.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

昆 Sound component

kūn

elder brother

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kūn

Kunlun mountains in Jiang Su province.

kūn

used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kūnlún]; (also used for transliteration)

Most common words with 崑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	昆虫	insect
	昆明	Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
	昆	descendant
	昆仑	Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
	昆明市	Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China