昆

Glyph origin
– the body and legs of an insect.

Etymology 1

 * “elder brother”
 * From ; cognate with (STEDT).
 * Alternatively, it may be related to 🇨🇬, with nominal suffix -n added.


 * “descendants; later”
 * Perhaps from ; cognate with Min  and with ancient Chu dialect  ; cf. also some rear meanings of the characters,  and  (ibid.). In modern Wu dialects the character  is used to mean "children" (ibid.).


 * “many; numerous”
 * From ; cognate with (STEDT).


 * “quetta-”
 * . Coined by the China National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation on World Metrology Day in 2023 (20 May 2023).

昆 is pronounced with aspirated initial instead of the expected  in the majority of modern varieties of Chinese. The sound in  was changed to  during its historical development to avoid homophony with, a word that was historically in vernacular use.

Definitions

 * 1)   together
 * 2)  elder brother
 * 3)   descendants
 * 4)  later
 * 5)  many; numerous
 * 6)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix
 * 1)  quetta- SI unit prefix

Definitions

 * 1) 54th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "unity"
 * 1) 54th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "unity"

Definitions

 * 1)  to deceive; to fool

Kanji

 * 1) A swarm of or an organism that swarms (e.g. bugs), an organism that forms in large groups (e.g. kombu)
 * 2) elder brother
 * 3) descendants, great-great-great-great grandchild

Etymology
From.