Keyword
silkworm
Info
FrequencyTop 2700-2800
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig562
Old form蠶
Readings
さん
(25%)
Composed of
heaven
insect
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
sericulture industry
silkworm-raising room
silkworm-egg card
silkworm growing-bed; rack of shelves for rearing silkworms; silkworm shelf; bunk; one of a tier of bunks; cramped bedroom
silk thread; silk yarn
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
sericulturist; silk grower; silkworm raiser
silkworm-egg paper
domesticated silkworm
spring breed of silkworm
summer silkworms
wild silkworm moth (Bombyx mandarina)
autumn silkworms; fall silkworms
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
silkworm gut; fishing gut; artificial gut; gut fishing line
sericulture industry
wild silkworm
silkworm (in the first or second instar)
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
three-molt silkworm
silkworm egg
guardian deity of silkworms
silkworm cocoon
Chinese oak silkmoth (Antheraea pernyi); Chinese oak silkworm; Chinese oak tussar moth
silkworm (in the first or second instar)
silkworm droppings
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
cocoon holders
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
Chinese artichoke (Stachys sieboldii); Japanese artichoke; chorogi
caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
wild silkworm moth (Bombyx mandarina)
sericultural equipment
atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia); cynthia moth
ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia); cynthia moth
guardian deity of silkworms
silkworm basket
silkworm-egg paper
eri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini); eri silkworm
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)
lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
Examples (1 in total)
Silkworms spin cocoons.