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Structure:Above to below
Strokes:
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Chinese dictionary
n.silkworm
蚕蛹
silkworm chrysalis
Words and phrases with 蚕
- 蚕床[word]silkworm-rearing shelf
- 蚕矢汤[word]silkworm excrement decoction
- 蚕纸[word]silkworm egg sheet
- 蚕山[word]a cone-shaped bundle of straw
- 蚕衣[word]silkworm cocoon; woman who raise silkworms
- 蚕胶丝[word]silkworm gut
- 蚕女[word]silkworm-raising woman; Goddess of Silkworm
- 蚕忌[word]sericultural taboo
- 蚕食政策[word]policy of piecemeal encroachment
- 蚕食鲸吞[idiom]bite off little by little as a silkworm
Word usage
- common measure word"蚕" is often matched with measure word "只"or"条"or"种".
一只蚕
one silkworm
一条蚕
one silkworm
一种蚕
one kind of silkworm