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蚕

silkworm
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingサン、テン
Kun readingかいこ、こ
JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. silkwormRtK
    蚕は繭を作る。Silkworms spin cocoons.tatoeba
    従来の本科を養蚕科と改称。The existing regular course was renamed Yosan-ka (the sericulture course).wiki
  1. silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Homonyms

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Same reading (かいこ)
解雇 · dismissal (of an employee)回顧 · recollecting

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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heavens · insect (虫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 562

Compound words

蚕糸さんし
silk thread; silk yarn
養蚕ようさん
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
夏蚕なつご
summer silkworms
蚕蛾かいこが
silkworm moth
蚕業さんぎょう
sericulture
蚕具さんぐ
sericultural equipment
蚕座さんざ
silkworm basket
蚕紙さんし
silkworm-egg paper
蚕児さんじ
silkworm
蚕室さんしつ
silkworm-raising room
蚕卵さんらん
silkworm egg
樗蚕しんじゅさん
ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia)
柞蚕さくさん
Chinese oak silkmoth (Antheraea pernyi)
蚕糸業さんしぎょう
sericulture industry
蚕卵紙さんらんし
silkworm-egg paper
玉敷沙蚕たましきごかい
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
蚕糸試験所さんししけんじょ
silk experiment station

Additional Examples

1899年 京都蚕業講習所開設
In 1899, Kyoto College of Textile Fibers was founded.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蚕

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step