蚕

See also 蠶

Translingual

Han character

蚕 (radical 142 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中一戈 (HKLMI), 一大中一戈 (MKLMI), four-corner 2013₆)

1. silkworms

References

• KangXi: page 1077, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32869
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2837, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8695

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蚕 (traditional 蠶, Yale tim5)

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Japanese

Noun

蚕 (hiragana かいこ, romaji kaiko)

1. silkworm

Kanji

蚕 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. silkworm

Readings

• On: さん (san), てん (ten)
• Kun: かいこ (kaiko)

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Korean

Hanja

蚕 (hangeul 천, 잠, revised cheon, jam, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏn, cham, Yale chen, cam)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

蚕 (traditional 蠶, pinyin tiǎn (tian3), cán (can2), Wade-Giles t'ien³)