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  • n.silkworm

    • cán yǒng

      silkworm chrysalis

Words and phrases with 蚕

  • 蚕师
    [word]sericulturist
  • 蚕食
    [word]nibble
  • 蚕簇
    [word]a small bundle of straw, etc., for silkworms to spin cocoons on
  • 蚕农
    [word]sericulturist
  • 蚕蛆
    [word]an insect which destroys mulberry leaves
  • 蚕蚁
    [word]newly-hatched silkworm
  • 蚕忌
    [word]sericultural taboo
  • 蚕衣
    [word]silkworm cocoon; woman who raise silkworms
  • 蚕眠
    [word]the inactive state of the silkworm before it sheds its skin
  • 蚕食鲸吞
    [idiom]bite off little by little as a silkworm

Word usage

  • "蚕" is often matched with measure word "只"or"条"or"种".
    • one silkworm

    • one silkworm

    • one kind of silkworm

Similar-form characters to 蚕

Chinese Characters with pinyin cán

  • damage; cruel
  • feel ashamed