The 昆 family
昆 · kūn · ㄎㄨㄣ — descendant
Know 昆 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 混、棍、緄、輥. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 混hùn · ㄏㄨㄣˋ部首 氵 三點水 · watermuddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑); brainless; foolish (variant of 渾|浑)65%
- 棍gùn · ㄍㄨㄣˋ部首 木 · treestick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain65%
- 緄gǔn · ㄍㄨㄣˇ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkcord; embroidered sash65%
- 輥gǔn · ㄍㄨㄣˇ部首 車 · carroller65%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 昆 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 昆 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 65%.
Words this family builds
- 混亂
- 混球
- 混合
- 棍子
- 惡棍
- 鬼混
- 昆蟲
- 曲棍球
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