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繭

cocoon
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingまゆ、きぬ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cocoonRtK
    蚕は繭を作る。Silkworms spin cocoons.tatoeba
    米の粉をカイコの繭のかたちにして木にさしたもの。It is a decoration with rice flour dumpling shaped like a silkworm's cocoon on a tree branch.wiki

Homonyms

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Same reading (まゆ)
眉 · eyebrow

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · hood (冂) · stick (丨) · thread (糸) · spiderman · insect (虫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2025

Compound words

収繭しゅうけん
cocoon crop
春繭はるまゆ
spring cocoon crop
繭価まゆか
price of a cocoon
繭玉まゆだま
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
繭糸きぬいと
silk thread
繭紬けんちゅう
pongee (unbleached silk)
山繭蛾やままゆが
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
二つ繭ふたつまゆ
double cocoon
繭をかけるまゆをかける
to spin a cocoon
繭を掛けるまゆをかける
to spin a cocoon

Additional Examples

米の粉をカイコの繭のかたちにして木にさしたもの。
It is a decoration with rice flour dumpling shaped like a silkworm's cocoon on a tree branch.wiki

Stroke Order

18 strokes

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