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蚕
蠶
can2
 
- silkworm
 
| strokes | 
10 | 
| radical | 
 | 
| strokes after radical | 
4 | 
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白僵蚕
白殭蠶
bai2 jiang1 can2
 
- the larva of silkworm with batrytis
 
- 
蚕宝宝
蠶寶寶
can2 bao3 bao3
 
- silkworm
 
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蚕薄
蠶薄
can2 bo2
 
- variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔
 
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蚕箔
蠶箔
can2 bo2
 
- tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture
 
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蚕菜
蠶菜
can2 cai4
 
- Malabar spinach; Basella alba
 
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蚕丛
蠶叢
can2 cong2
 
- Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
 
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蚕蔟
蠶蔟
can2 cu4
 
- silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
 
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蚕豆
蠶豆
can2 dou4
 
- broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
 
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蚕豆症
蠶豆症
can2 dou4 zheng4
 
- G6PD deficiency
 
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蚕蛾
蠶蛾
can2 e2
 
- Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
 
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蚕茧
蠶繭
can2 jian3
 
- silkworm cocoon
 
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蚕茧纸
蠶繭紙
can2 jian3 zhi3
 
- paper made from silkworm cocoons
 
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蚕眠
蠶眠
can2 mian2
 
- a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
 
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蚕农
蠶農
can2 nong2
 
- sericulturist
 
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蚕沙
蠶沙
can2 sha1
 
- silkworm guano (excrement)
 
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蚕山
蠶山
can2 shan1
 
- silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
 
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蚕食
蠶食
can2 shi2
 
- to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively
 
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蚕丝
蠶絲
can2 si1
 
- natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
 
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蚕蚁
蠶蟻
can2 yi3
 
- newly hatched silkworm
 
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蚕蛹
蠶蛹
can2 yong3
 
- silkworm chrysalis; pupa
 
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蚕纸
蠶紙
can2 zhi3
 
- paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
 
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蚕种
蠶種
can2 zhong3
 
- silkworm eggs
 
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蚕子
蠶子
can2 zi3
 
- silkworm eggs
 
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草石蚕
草石蠶
cao3 shi2 can2
 
- Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
 
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春蚕
春蠶
chun1 can2
 
- Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
 
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家蚕
家蠶
jia1 can2
 
- the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
 
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桑蚕
桑蠶
sang1 can2
 
- silkworm
 
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沙蚕
沙蠶
sha1 can2
 
- genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
 
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卧蚕
卧蠶
wo4 can2
 
- plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
 
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养蚕
養蠶
yang3 can2
 
- to raise silkworms
 
- 
养蚕业
養蠶業
yang3 can2 ye4
 
- silk industry
 
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柘蚕
柘蠶
zhe4 can2
 
- silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘 tree