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菌

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1586

Meanings

Germ, Fungus, Bacteria

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹囷

Etymology

Pictophonetic: plant

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 dot top-left-to-bottom-right

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

233 words total

Other (20 words)

菌毒きんどく

mushroom poison

菌糸きんし

fungal filament

菌類きんるい

fungus

抗菌こうきん

antibacterial

抗菌性こうきんせい

antibacterial

抗真菌こうしんきん

antifungal

酵母菌こうぼきん

yeast fungus

細菌さいきん

bacterium

殺菌さっきん

sterilization

雑菌ざっきん

microorganisms

殺真菌薬さつしんきんやく

fungicide

真菌しんきん

fungus

深在性真菌症しんざいせいしんきんしょう

invasive mycosis

真菌症しんきんしょう

mycosis

乳酸菌にゅうさんきん

lactic-acid bacilli

病原菌びょうげんきん

pathogenic bacteria

病菌びょうきん

pathogenic bacteria

保菌者ほきんしゃ

carrier (of a disease-causing agent)

ばい菌ばいきん

germ

球菌きゅうきん

coccus

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