can2
silkworm

strokes 24
radical
strokes after radical 18
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

蚕箔 蠶箔 can2 bo2
tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture

蚕薄 蠶薄 can2 bo2
variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔

蚕菜 蠶菜 can2 cai4
Malabar spinach; Basella alba

蚕丛 蠶叢 can2 cong2
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

蚕蔟 蠶蔟 can2 cu4
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

蚕豆 蠶豆 can2 dou4
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

蚕豆症 蠶豆症 can2 dou4 zheng4
G6PD deficiency

蚕蛾 蠶蛾 can2 e2
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

蚕茧 蠶繭 can2 jian3
silkworm cocoon

蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙 can2 jian3 zhi3
paper made from silkworm cocoons

蚕眠 蠶眠 can2 mian2
a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting

蚕农 蠶農 can2 nong2
sericulturist

蚕沙 蠶沙 can2 sha1
silkworm guano (excrement)

蚕山 蠶山 can2 shan1
silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

蚕食 蠶食 can2 shi2
to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively

蚕丝 蠶絲 can2 si1
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

蚕蚁 蠶蟻 can2 yi3
newly hatched silkworm

蚕蛹 蠶蛹 can2 yong3
silkworm chrysalis; pupa

蚕纸 蠶紙 can2 zhi3
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs

蚕种 蠶種 can2 zhong3
silkworm eggs

蚕子 蠶子 can2 zi3
silkworm eggs

草石蚕 草石蠶 cao3 shi2 can2
Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii

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

家蚕 家蠶 jia1 can2
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)

桑蚕 桑蠶 sang1 can2
silkworm

沙蚕 沙蠶 sha1 can2
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

卧蚕 卧蠶 wo4 can2
plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)

养蚕 養蠶 yang3 can2
to raise silkworms

养蚕业 養蠶業 yang3 can2 ye4
silk industry

柘蚕 柘蠶 zhe4 can2
silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘 tree