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germ
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキン
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. germRtK
  2. fungus
  3. bacteria
  1. bacterium
  2. bacillus

Radicals and components

Radical艸grassComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · pent in (囗) · wheat (禾) · cereal (禾)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 985

Compound words

球菌きゅうきん
coccus
抗菌こうきん
antibacterial; antimicrobial
細菌さいきん
bacterium; bacteria; germ
殺菌さっきん
sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection; pasteurization
無菌むきん
sterilised; sterilized; sterile; pasteurised; pasteurized
除菌じょきん
disinfection; sterile filtration
ばい菌ばいきん
germ; germs; bacteria; bug; something dirty or harmful
大腸菌だいちょうきん
Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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