蚕

cán

c+án·2nd tone

silkworm

Radical: 虫 Strokes: 10

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉虾蟠

Same radical

虫蛇蛮蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉虾蟠蜀蟹蜂

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Character Decomposition

蚕=天+虫

Etymology

insect

Meanings

silkworm

cán

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Words with 蚕 120 total

bamboo tray for raising silkworms蚕箔cán bó Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture蚕丛Cán Cóng small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on蚕蔟cán cù broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean蚕豆cán dòu Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)蚕蛾cán é

Idioms with 蚕 8 total Chain

(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) · (fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale蚕食鲸吞cán shí jīng tūn