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昆 = 日 + 比

昆 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “descendants”. It is built from 日 (day) and 比 (compare). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 483. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
descendants
RTK frame
483
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
потомки
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
昆 elder brother

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 日 day
  2. 比 compare

Characters that contain 昆

How to find 昆 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “compare”. 昆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 昆 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.