Moto 繭: CocoonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン
- Kun'yomi
- まゆ、きぬ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 20 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)
- 繭糸けんしsilk thread
- 収繭しゅうけんcocoon crop
- 産繭さんけん(silkworm) cocoon production
- 繭紬けんちゅうpongee (unbleached silk)
- 蚕繭さんけんsilkworm cocoon
- 黄繭こうけんyellow cocoon
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 繭まゆcocoon
- 二つ繭ふたつまゆdouble cocoon
- 小繭蜂こまゆばちbraconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)
- 屑繭くずまゆwaste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon
- 山繭やままゆJapanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
- 山繭蛾やままゆがJapanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
- 春繭はるまゆspring cocoon crop
- 玉繭たままゆdupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni
- 繭かきまゆかきtaking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder
- 繭をかけるまゆをかけるto spin a cocoon
- 繭を掛けるまゆをかけるto spin a cocoon
- 繭価まゆかprice of a cocoon
- 繭掻きまゆかきtaking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder
- 繭玉まゆだまNew Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
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