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菌
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)
θ–¬ε‰€θ€ζ€§θŒ γ‚„γγ–γ„γŸγ„γ›γ„γγ‚“

drug-resistant bacterium

δΈ€ι…ΈεŒ–η‚­η΄ η΄°θŒ γ„γ£γ•γ‚“γ‹γŸγ‚“γγ•γ„γγ‚“

carbon monoxide bacteria

ε«Œζ°—ζ€§θŒ けんきせいきん

anaerobic bacteria

γ•γ³θŒ さびきん

rust (fungus)

ι™θŒ せいきん

bacteriostasis

ι€šζ€§ε«Œζ°—ζ€§η΄°θŒ ぀うせいけんきせいさいきん

facultative bacteria

η™Ίε…‰θŒ はっこうきん

photogenic fungi

εζ€§ε«Œζ°—ζ€§θŒ へんせいけんきせいきん

obligate anaerobe

ζœ‰ζ―’θŒ ゆうどくきん

poisonous fungus

θ…ζ•—η΄°θŒ ちはいさいきん

putrefactive bacteria

ι€šζ€§ε«Œζ°—ζ€§θŒ ぀うせいけんきせいきん

facultative bacteria

ζŠ—ηœŸθŒθ–¬ こうしんきんやく

antifungal drug

ζ‹…ε­θŒι–€ γŸγ‚“γ—γγ‚“γ‚‚γ‚“

Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)

θŒη•Œ きんかい

Fungi

δΉ³ι…ΈηƒθŒ にゅうさんきゅうきん

streptococcus

菌床 きんしょう

mushroom bed

細菌床 さいきんしょう

bacterial bed

糸犢菌 γ—γ˜γ‚‡γ†γγ‚“

filamentous fungus

細菌鑞 さいきんるい

bacteria

γ‚«γ‚Όγ‚€θŒ カゼむきん

Lactobacillus casei (species of bacteria)