Memory phrase for the character: 昆

昆

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kūn

Top: sun 日, bottom: compare 比 (originally: image of insect with carapace 日 and legs 比)

He appears like the sun in comparison (with the siblings): The elder brother.

昆	insect	Another meaning of this character is "older borther [kūn]" - Also this character 虫 means insect.
日	sun, day	This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
比	compare

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昆虫	kūn chóng	insect
昆明	Kūn míng	Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
昆仑	Kūn lún	Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
昆仑	Kūn lún

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