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JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1586

Meanings

Germ, Fungus, Bacteria

Radicals

θ‰Ή

Decomposition

βΏ±θ‰Ήε›·

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)
ジフテγƒͺγ‚’θŒ ジフテγƒͺをきん

Corynebacterium diphtheriae (bacterium that causes diphtheria)

ζ­»θŒγƒ―γ‚―γƒγƒ³ しきんワクチン

killed vaccine

η”ŸθŒγƒ―γ‚―γƒγƒ³ せいきんワクチン

live vaccine

η ΄ε‚·ι’¨θŒ はしょうちうきん

Clostridium tetani (tetanus bacillus)

θ…Έγƒγƒ•γ‚ΉθŒ けょうチフスきん

Salmonella typhi (bacteria that causes typhoid fever)

γ‚€γƒΌγ‚ΉγƒˆθŒ γ‚€γƒΌγ‚Ήγƒˆγγ‚“

yeast cell

ι™€θŒ γ˜γ‚‡γγ‚“

disinfection

ζœ‰θƒžε­ζ€§δΉ³ι…ΈθŒ ゆうほうしせいにゅうさんきん

Bacillus coagulans, species of lactic acid-forming Bacillus bacteria

ε–„ηŽ‰θŒ γœγ‚“γ γΎγγ‚“

good germ

食菌 しょくきん

edible mushroom

ζ―’θŒ どくきん

poison mushroom

γ‚³γƒ¬γƒ©θŒ コレラきん

vibrio cholerae

ζΊΆι€£θŒ γ‚ˆγ†γ‚Œγ‚“γγ‚“

hemolytic streptococcus

θŒη’° きんかん

fairy ring

菌θΌͺ γγ‚“γ‚Šγ‚“

fairy ring

η‘«ι»„η΄°θŒ γ„γŠγ†γ•γ„γγ‚“

sulfur-reducing bacteria

η‘εŒ–η΄°θŒ しょうかさいきん

nitrifying bacteria

η΄°θŒζ€§θ‚Ίη‚Ž γ•γ„γγ‚“γ›γ„γ―γ„γˆγ‚“

bacterial pneumonia

ε«Œζ°—ζ€§η΄°θŒ けんきせいさいきん

anaerobic bacteria

ηƒθŒ きゅうきん

coccus