蚕 - cán - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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10 strokes
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蚕 (蠶)

cán

Definition

silkworm

Character Decomposition

Related words (26)

蚕丝

cán sī

natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

蚕农

cán nóng

sericulture; raising silkworms

silkworm eggs

silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

蚕沙

cán shā

silkworm guano (excrement)

蚕眠

cán mián

hibernation period of silkworms

silkworm eggs

tray of straw for raising silkworms; (fig.) sericulture

蚕纸

cán zhǐ

paper on which silkworm lays its eggs

silkworm cocoon

silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

蚕蚁

cán yǐ

newly hatched silkworm

蚕蛹

cán yǒng

silkworm chrysalis; pupa

蚕豆

cán dòu

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

蚕食

cán shí

to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); (fig.) to embezzle progressively

silkworm

handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm

蚕茧纸

cán jiǎn zhǐ

paper made from silkworm cocoons

to raise silkworms

plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)

家蚕

jiā cán

the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)

柘蚕

zhè cán

silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘 tree

silkworm

genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

silk industry

the larva of silkworm with batrytis

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