繭 — kanji meaning “cocoon”
繭
cocoon
- Meanings
- cocoon
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- まゆ、きぬ
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2495 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- jiǎn — Chinese character page
Words with 繭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繭玉 | まゆだま mayudama | New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes |
| 山繭 | やままゆ yamamayu | Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai) |
| 玉繭 | たままゆ tamamayu | dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni |
| 収繭 | しゅうけん shuuken | cocoon crop |
| 二つ繭 | ふたつまゆ futatsumayu | double cocoon |
| 繭価 | まゆか mayuka | price of a cocoon |
| 春繭 | はるまゆ harumayu | spring cocoon crop |
| 山繭蛾 | やままゆが yamamayuga | Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai) |
| 屑繭 | くずまゆ kuzumayu | waste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon; damaged cocoon |
| 黄繭 | こうけん kouken | yellow cocoon |
| 小繭蜂 | こまゆばち komayubachi | braconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps) |
| 繭かき | まゆかき mayukaki | taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder |
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