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蠶
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蚕
🇨🇳

silkworm

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
cán
サン、テン
かいこ、こ
잠
Components
Traditional (蠶)
兓 sharp+ 日 day+ 虫 insects+ 虫 insects =
蠶 silkworm
兓 Phonetic component
jīn sharp
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日
rì day
sun
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
Simplified (蚕)
虫 insects+ 天 heaven =
蚕 silkworms
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
天 Phonetic component
tiān heaven
sky, heaven
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Notes
Similar Characters
朁 nevertheless妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
蠶
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蚕 / 蠶 [cán]
silkworm
Japanese
蚕 、 蠶 (old) かいこ 、 カイコ 同音
noun silkworm (Bombyx mori)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
蚕は繭を作る。
Silkworms spin cocoons.
CHINESE WORDS (32)
蚕食 [cán​shí] #23,770
to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves)
蚕丝 [cán​sī] #56,441
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蚕豆 [cán​dòu] #63,809
broad bean (Vicia faba)
养蚕 [yǎng​cán] #33,316
to raise silkworms
蚕茧 [cán​jiǎn] #33,943
silkworm cocoon
蚕蛹 [cán​yǒng] #45,858
silkworm chrysalis
春蚕 [Chūn​cán] #47,155
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Máo​Dùn]
桑蚕 [sāng​cán] #48,263
silkworm
蚕种 [cán​zhǒng] #48,545
silkworm eggs
蚕农 [cán​nóng] #49,205
sericulturist
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
양잠
sericulture; silkworm rearing
잠식
encroachment