蚕
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
cán can2
- silkworm
Words with 蚕
- 蚕子 cánzǐ silkworm eggs
- 家蚕 jiācán the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- 沙蚕 shācán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 蚕沙 cánshā silkworm guano (excrement)
- 蚕食 cánshí (lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
- 蚕菜 cáncài Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
- 养蚕 yǎngcán to raise silkworms
- 蚕豆 cándòu broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 蚕丝 cánsī natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
- 蚕种 cánzhǒng silkworm eggs
- 蚕纸 cánzhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
- 蚕农 cánnóng sericulturist