蚕: SilkwormKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (サン・テン)

• 蚕糸さんしsilk thread; silk yarn
• 養蚕ようさんsericulture; silkworm culture
• えり蚕えりさんeri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini); eri silkworm
• 与那国蚕よなぐにさんatlas moth (Attacus atlas)
• 家蚕かさんdomesticated silkworm
• 神樹蚕しんじゅさんailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia); cynthia moth
• 秋蚕しゅうさんautumn silkworms; fall silkworms
• 蚕児さんじsilkworm
• 蚕具さんぐsericultural equipment
• 蚕卵さんらんsilkworm egg
• 蚕卵紙さんらんしsilkworm-egg paper
• 蚕室さんしつsilkworm-raising room
• 蚕座さんざsilkworm basket
• 蚕業さんぎょうsericulture
• 蚕種さんしゅsilkworm-egg card
• 蚕糸業さんしぎょうsericulture industry
• 蚕糸試験所さんししけんじょsilk experiment station
• 蚕紙さんしsilkworm-egg paper
• 蚕繭さんけんsilkworm cocoon
• 蚕食さんしょくencroachment; making inroads (into)
• 蟻蚕ぎさんsilkworm (in the first or second instar)
• 野蚕やさんwild silkworm
• 養蚕業ようさんぎょうsericulture industry

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 蚕かいこsilkworm (Bombyx mori)
• 三眠蚕さんみんかいこthree-molt silkworm
• 夏蚕なつごsummer silkworms
• 春蚕はるごspring breed of silkworm
• 桑蚕くわこwild silkworm moth (Bombyx mandarina)
• 毛蚕けごsilkworm (in the first or second instar)
• 蚕棚かいこだなsilkworm growing-bed; rack of shelves for rearing silkworms
• 蚕玉こだまguardian deity of silkworms
• 蚕糞こくそsilkworm droppings
• 蚕蛾かいこがsilkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
• 蚕霊こだまguardian deity of silkworms

Other readings

• 天蚕やままゆJapanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
• 天蚕糸てぐすsilkworm gut; catgut
• 昔沙蚕むかしごかいarchiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)
• 樗蚕しんじゅさんailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia); cynthia moth
• 沙蚕ごかいragworm; sandworm
• 玉敷沙蚕たましきごかいArenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
• 石蚕とびけらcaddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
• 砂蚕ごかいragworm; sandworm
• 綿草石蚕わたちょろぎlamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
• 草石蚕ちょろぎChinese artichoke (Stachys sieboldii); Japanese artichoke
• 蚕簿まぶしcocoon holders
• 蚕豆そらまめbroad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean

Kanji that often appear with 蚕

• 糸
• 沙
• 石
• 業
• 養
• 天
• 玉
• 草
• 卵
• 紙
• 三
• 眠