菌

jūn

germ

bacteria; fungus; mold; Taiwan pr. [jun4]

plant (艹) + phonetic 囷 (囷) = germ, fungus, bacteria

The grass radical anchors the meaning in plant or organic matter — fungi and molds grow on decaying vegetation. 囷 mainly contributes the sound jūn and does not carry the biological meaning.

艹+囷→菌
囷A round grain storage binPhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

这种细菌在温暖的地方很容易生长。

zhè zhǒng xì jūn zài wēn nuǎn de dì fang hěn róng yì shēng zhǎng。

This kind of bacteria grows very easily in warm places.

食物放太久会长出霉菌,不能再吃了。

shí wù fàng tài jiǔ huì zhǎng chū méi jūn,bù néng zài chī le。

Food left out too long will grow mold and can no longer be eaten.

Words with 菌

无菌

wú jūn

sterile; aseptic

链球菌

liàn qiú jūn

streptococcus (genus of bacteria)

霉菌

méi jūn

mold

杀菌

shā jūn

to kill germs

酵母菌

jiào mǔ jūn

yeast; saccharomycete

酿母菌

niàng mǔ jūn

yeast

双球菌

shuāng qiú jūn

diplococcus

雚菌

huán jūn

a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms)

霉菌毒素

méi jūn dú sù

mycotoxin

霍乱弧菌

huò luàn hú jūn

cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae)

头孢菌素

tóu bāo jūn sù

(pharm.) cephalosporin

食菌

shí jùn

edible mushroom

More characters with 艹

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