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蚕 kanji
silkworm
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
サンテン
Kun readings
かいここ
Variant forms
蝅蠶蠺Words with 蚕
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —蚕糸Popularsilk thread; silk yarn
- —養蚕Popularsericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
- —蚕業sericulture
- —蚕具sericultural equipment
- —蚕座silkworm basket
- —蚕紙silkworm-egg paper
- —蚕児silkworm
- —蚕室silkworm-raising room
- —蚕種silkworm-egg card
- —蚕食encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
- —蚕卵silkworm egg
- —秋蚕autumn silkworms; fall silkworms
- —家蚕domesticated silkworm
- —野蚕wild silkworm
- —蟻蚕silkworm (in the first or second instar)
- —蚕繭silkworm cocoon
- —柞蚕Chinese oak silkmoth (Antheraea pernyi); Chinese oak silkworm; Chinese oak tussar moth
- —蚕糸業sericulture industry
- —蚕卵紙silkworm-egg paper
- —養蚕業sericulture industry