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菌 germ, fungus, bacteria 1 1586 11 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic Can also mean bacteria.....imagine the wheat pent in your fridge growing to the point where they resemble flowers.......I actually had something similar happen to onions...they grew footlong legs after about 2 or 3 years......OR just think of that Cowboy Bebop episode with the lobster in the fridge... :-).

Accepted Answer

キン 細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ菌(きん): (1) fungus (2) germ; bacterium; bacillusばい菌(ばいきん): (1) germ; germs; bacteria; mold (mould) (2) something harmful (used figuratively); vermin S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 艸 6 (none) germ Actually it means germs as in microorganisms. So for example, you have to keep wheat enclosed so it isn´t exposed to other plants. That way it can´t catch any germs (like fungi) from them.

Kanji	菌
Onyomi	キン
English	germ, fungus, bacteria
Examples	細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ 菌(きん): (1) fungus (2) germ; bacterium; bacillus ばい菌(ばいきん): (1) germ; germs; bacteria; mold (mould) (2) something harmful (used figuratively); vermin
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1586
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	germ
Koohii Story 1	Can also mean bacteria.....imagine the wheat pent in your fridge growing to the point where they resemble flowers.......I actually had something similar happen to onions...they grew footlong legs after about 2 or 3 years......OR just think of that Cowboy Bebop episode with the lobster in the fridge... :-).
Koohii Story 2	Actually it means germs as in microorganisms. So for example, you have to keep wheat enclosed so it isn´t exposed to other plants. That way it can´t catch any germs (like fungi) from them.

Radical Bacterium Germ Box Wheat 菌 キン Fungus

Radical Bacterium Germ Box Wheat 菌キン Fungus