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Character Decomposition
蚕=天+虫
Etymology
insect
Meanings
silkworm
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Words with 蚕 120 total
bamboo tray for raising silkworms蚕箔cán bóCan Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture蚕丛Cán Cóngsmall bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on蚕蔟cán cùbroad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean蚕豆cán dòuChinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)蚕蛾cán ésilkworm cocoon蚕茧cán jiǎnthe common silkworm (Bombyx mori)家蚕jiā cángenus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm沙蚕shā cánsilkworm桑蚕sāng cán
Idioms with 蚕 8 total Chain
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