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蠶

Simplified: 蚕

cán ㄘㄢˊ

    • silkworm

Other words read cán

In the same tone

  • 殘 cán destroy
  • 慚 cán ashamed

can with other tones

  • 參 cān take part in
  • 慘 cǎn miserable
  • 餐 cān meal
  • 燦 càn glorious
  • 粲 càn beautiful

All 14 words read can in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 蠶

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    24, with 18 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    兓日虫虫
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    兓

    Words with 蠶

    Starting with 蠶

    • 蠶豆 cándòu broad bean
    • 蠶食 cánshí nibble away at
    • 蠶繭 cánjiǎn silkworm cocoon
    • 蠶絲 cánsī natural silk
    • 蠶蛾 cáné Chinese silkworm moth

    All 21 words starting with 蠶

    Ending with 蠶

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

    All 9 words ending with 蠶

    Containing 蠶

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