Character
| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 2787th character |
| RADICAL | ⾍ (142.4) |
| STROKES | 10 |
| INDEX # | 1777 |
| TRADITIONAL | 蠶 |
silkworms
#2787
DEFINITIONS
| 蚕 cán |
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STROKES
WORDS
| 蚕食 cán shí | to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively |
| 蚕丝 cán sī | natural silk (secreted by silkworm) |
| 蚕豆 cán dòu | broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean |
| 桑蚕 sāng cán | silkworm |
| 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 |
| 沙蚕 shā cán | genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm |
| 白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán | the larva of silkworm with batrytis |
| 卧蚕 wò cán | plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature) |
| 草石蚕 cǎo shí cán | Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii |
| 蚕丛 cán cóng | Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture |
| 蚕子 cán zǐ | silkworm eggs |
| 蚕宝宝 cán bǎo bǎo | silkworm |
| 蚕山 cán shān | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) |
| 蚕沙 cán shā | silkworm guano (excrement) |
| 蚕眠 cán mián | a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting |
| 蚕种 cán zhǒng | silkworm eggs |
| 蚕箔 cán bó | tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture |
| 蚕纸 cán zhǐ | paper on which silkworm lays its eggs |
| 蚕茧 cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon |
| 蚕茧纸 cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| 蚕菜 cán cài | Malabar spinach; Basella alba |
| 蚕蔟 cán cù | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) |
| 蚕薄 cán bó | variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔[can2 bo2] |
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