菎 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

菎 English definition

kūn

  • beautiful jade
  • bamboo

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : 亼
  • : one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷;
  • : used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration);
  • : descendant; elder brother;
  • : brilliant;
  • : (jade);
  • : pants (old);
  • : quinone (chemistry);
  • : steel sword;
  • : fine horse;
  • : scalping; to make the head bald (as corporal punishment);
  • : fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2];
  • : large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic); mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc;