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蚕
蠶
cán
1. silkworm
Common • Top 18% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蚕
cán
silkworm
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

家蚕
jiācán
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
春蚕
Chūncán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun [[茅盾<MáoDùn>]]
柘蚕
zhècán
silkworms fed on the leaves of the [[柘<zhè>]] tree
桑蚕
sāngcán
silkworm
沙蚕
shācán
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
蚕丛
CánCóng
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
蚕子
cánzǐ
silkworm eggs
蚕山
cánshān
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
蚕沙
cánshā
silkworm guano (excrement)
蚕眠
cánmián
hibernation period of silkworms
蚕种
cánzhǒng
silkworm eggs
蚕箔
cánbó
tray of straw for raising silkworms
蚕纸
cánzhǐ
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
蚕丝
cánsī
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蚕茧
cánjiǎn
silkworm cocoon
蚕菜
cáncài
Malabar spinach
蚕蔟
cáncù
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
蚕薄
cánbó
variant of [[蠶箔|蚕箔<cánbó>]]
蚕蛹
cányǒng
silkworm chrysalis
蚕蛾
cáné
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

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