蚕

cán

Radical: 虫 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

蚕 decomposes into the following components:

天 虫

Semantic component: 虫; phonetic component: 天.

Words containing 蚕

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 蚕.

养蚕
yǎng cán
to raise silkworms
卧蚕
wò cán
家蚕
jiā cán
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
春蚕
chūn cán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
柘蚕
zhè cán
silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree
桑蚕
sāng cán
沙蚕
shā cán
a sand worm (genus Nereis)
蚕丛
cán cóng
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
蚕丝
cán sī
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蚕农
cán nóng
sericulture
蚕子
cán zǐ
silkworm eggs
蚕山
cán shān
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

Related characters (radical 虫)

Characters that share the radical 虫.

虫 虬 虮 虰 虱 虹 虺 虻 虼 虽 虾 虿 蚁 蚂 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚍 蚓 蚖 蚜 蚝 蚣 蚤

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