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蚕
cán
silkworm
🔤 Pictophonetic:
虫 (insect) provides meaning, 天 provides pronunciation
Words Using 蚕 (32)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蚕
cán
silkworm
蚕
cán
silkworm
沙蚕
shācán
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
沙蚕
shācán
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
蚕宝宝
cánbǎobǎo
silkworm
蚕宝宝
cánbǎobǎo
silkworm
蚕沙
cánshā
silkworm guano (excrement)
蚕沙
cánshā
silkworm guano (excrement)
蚕丛
CánCóng
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
蚕丛
CánCóng
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
蚕子
cánzǐ
silkworm eggs
蚕子
cánzǐ
silkworm eggs
草石蚕
cǎoshícán
Chinese artichoke / Stachys sieboldii
草石蚕
cǎoshícán
Chinese artichoke / Stachys sieboldii
蚕山
cánshān
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
蚕山
cánshān
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
春蚕
Chūncán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun [[茅盾<MáoDùn>]]
春蚕
Chūncán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun [[茅盾<MáoDùn>]]
家蚕
jiācán
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
家蚕
jiācán
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿱天虫
i
Component Tree i
yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1
zhōng
中
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
💡 Ideographic:
A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
4 strokes
HSK 1
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes