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蚕

蚕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かいこ。蛾の幼虫で、繭から絹糸を取る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

silkworm

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サンElem.
  • テン
Kun (native)
  • かいこElem.
  • こ
Other languages
  • 拼音tian3
  • 拼音can2
  • 한글cheon
  • 한글jam
  • Hán-ViệtTàm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8695

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱天虫

Words using this kanji

  • 蚕かいこ(かいこ) の幼虫。家蚕。春の季語。 (こ) かいこ。silkworm (Bombyx mori)
  • 蚕糸さんし繭から取った糸。絹糸。silk thread, silk yarn
  • 蚕業さんぎょう養蚕や製糸の事業。sericulture
  • 蚕具さんぐsericultural equipment
  • 蚕座さんざsilkworm basket
  • 蚕紙さんしsilkworm-egg paper
  • 蚕児さんじsilkworm
  • 蚕室さんしつsilkworm-raising room
  • 蚕種さんしゅsilkworm-egg card
  • 蚕食さんしょく蚕が桑の葉を食べるように、他国や他人の領分を侵すこと。encroachment, making inroads (into), (slow but steady) invasion
  • 蚕卵さんらん蚕（蚕蛾）の卵。silkworm egg
  • 蚕蛾かいこがチョウ目カイコガ科に属する昆虫で成虫のみを指す。幼虫はかいこ。また、成虫である蚕蛾や幼虫を含めかいことも呼ばれる。silkworm moth, silk moth (Bombyx mori)
  • 蚕糞こくそ蚕の糞。silkworm droppings
  • 蚕玉こだまguardian deity of silkworms
  • 蚕繭さんけん蚕が作る繭。また、蚕と繭。silkworm cocoon
  • 蚕棚かいこだなsilkworm growing-bed, rack of shelves for rearing silkworms, silkworm shelf, bunk
  • 蚕糸業さんしぎょうsericulture industry
  • 蚕卵紙さんらんしsilkworm-egg paper
  • 蚕糸試験所さんししけんじょsilk experiment station
  • 蚕業技術研究所さんぎょうぎじゅつけんきゅうじょInstitute of Sericulture

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-6
Four Corner
1013.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d4.8
Heisig
562
Nelson
57