菌
jùn
#1,731 most
frequent character
mushroom
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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