蠶

See also: 蠺 and 蚕

Translingual

Han character

蠶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一山日中戈 (MUALI), four-corner 1113₆, composition ⿳⿰旡旡日䖵)

1. silkworm, silkworms

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33890
• Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2908, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8836

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蠶 (simplified 蚕, Jyutping caam4, Yale chaam4)

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Japanese

Kanji

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Readings

• Go-on: ぞん (zon), てん (ten)
• Kan-on: さん (san), てん (ten)
• Kun: かいこ (kaiko)

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Korean

Hanja

蠶 • (jam) (hangeul 잠, revised jam, McCune–Reischauer cham, Yale cam)

1. (누에): silkworm

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蠶 (simplified 蚕, Pinyin cán (can2), qú (qu2), Wade-Giles ts'an², ch'ü²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

蠶 (*dzhom)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蠶 (tàm, tằm)

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