Memory phrase for the character: 蚕

蚕

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Meaning

silkworm

Pronunciation

cán

Explanation

 Top: sky/heaven 天 (= The line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky.), bottom: insect 虫

Mnemonic
 
A heavenly insect is: the silkworm!

Radicals

天 skyThe line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky. - Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.
虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.




 Vocabulary

蚕豆 cán dòu  broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
蚕蛹 cán yǒng  silkworm chrysalis; pupa
蚕丝 cán sī  natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蚕蛾 cán é  Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
蚕茧 cán jiǎn  silkworm cocoon
蚕茧纸 cán jiǎn zhǐ  paper made from silkworm cocoons
蚕茧纸 cán jiǎn zhǐ  

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