蚕 — kanji meaning “silkworm”
蚕
silkworm
- Meanings
- silkworm
- On'yomi
- サン (san)、テン (ten)
- Kun'yomi
- かいこ、こ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2272 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- tiǎn, cán — Chinese character page
Words with 蚕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 養蚕 | ようさん yousan | sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising |
| 蚕糸 | さんし sanshi | silk thread; silk yarn |
| 蚕室 | さんしつ sanshitsu | silkworm-raising room |
| 蚕種 | さんしゅ sanshu | silkworm-egg card |
| 蚕食 | さんしょく sanshoku | encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion |
| 野蚕 | やさん yasan | wild silkworm |
| 夏蚕 | なつご natsugo | summer silkworms |
| 蚕業 | さんぎょう sangyou | sericulture |
| 蚕具 | さんぐ sangu | sericultural equipment |
| 蚕座 | さんざ sanza | silkworm basket |
| 蚕糸業 | さんしぎょう sanshigyou | sericulture industry |
| 蚕紙 | さんし sanshi | silkworm-egg paper |
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