蚕
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 蠶RegularTraditional
- 蚕SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
cán can2
- silkworm
Words with 蚕
- 蚕子cánzǐsilkworm eggs
- 家蚕jiācánthe common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- 沙蚕shācángenus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 蚕沙cánshāsilkworm guano (excrement)
- 蚕食cánshí(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
- 蚕菜cáncàiMalabar spinach (Basella alba)
- 养蚕yǎngcánto raise silkworms
- 蚕豆cándòubroad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 蚕丝cánsīnatural silk (secreted by silkworm)
- 蚕种cánzhǒngsilkworm eggs
- 蚕纸cánzhǐpaper on which silkworm lays its eggs
- 蚕农cánnóngsericulturist