菌

jūn
#1,731 most
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germ, bacteria, fungus, mold

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

菌 combines 艹 plants with 囷 qūn, which gives the sound. It first meant a kind of fungus, then grew to mold and germs. Read jùn, it means mushroom.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

菌jùn
mushroom

Homophones

军jūn
(bound form) army, military
君jūn
monarch, lord, gentleman, ruler
均jūn
equal, even, all, uniform

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