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蚕 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
サンさん · san
Kun
かいこkaiko
Meaning
silkworm

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

天 "heaven" over 虫 "insect"; the insect whose thread seems a gift from heaven — hence "silkworm."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサンさんsan蚕糸さんし蚕食さんしょく養蚕ようさん
Kunかいこkaiko蚕かいこ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 養蚕ようさん

    silkworm raising

  • 蚕糸さんし

    silk thread

More words with this kanji

  • 柞蚕さくさん
  • 蚕かいこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昔(むかし)この村(むら)では養蚕(ようさん)をしていた。

Long ago this village raised silkworms.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蚕糸養蚕蚕糸thread養to nou…虫insect虹rainbo…虻horsef…蚌a fres…蚤flea山mounta…三three尽exhaus…汕nettin…刪to del…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 虫Map of reading サンAll maps

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