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蚕

Traditional (Taiwan): 蠶

cán ㄘㄢˊ

    • silkworm

Classifiers (measure words)

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Other words read cán

In the same tone

  • 残 cán destroy
  • 惭 cán ashamed

can with other tones

  • 参 cān take part in
  • 惨 cǎn miserable
  • 餐 cān meal
  • 灿 càn glorious
  • 粲 càn beautiful

All 14 words read can in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 蚕

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    天虫
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    天

    Words with 蚕

    Starting with 蚕

    • 蚕豆 cándòu broad bean
    • 蚕食 cánshí nibble away at
    • 蚕茧 cánjiǎn silkworm cocoon
    • 蚕丝 cánsī natural silk
    • 蚕蛾 cáné Chinese silkworm moth

    All 21 words starting with 蚕

    Ending with 蚕

    • 养蚕 yǎngcán raise silkworms
    • 桑蚕 sāngcán silkworm
    • 春蚕 chūncán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾 máodùn
    • 家蚕 jiācán common silkworm
    • 沙蚕 shācán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

    All 9 words ending with 蚕

    Containing 蚕

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