蠶

See also: 蠺 and 蚕

蠶	U+8836, 蠶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8836

← 蠵
[U+8835]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠷 →
[U+8837]

Translingual

Han character

蠶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一山日中戈 (MUALI), four-corner 1113₆, composition ⿱朁䖵)

Derived characters

𨽳𧖛𥸢

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

Chinese

trad.		蠶
simp.		蚕^*
alternative forms		𧉏蝅𧑯𧌩䗝𧉏蝅𧑯𧌩䗝䗞䘉／蚕𧕽𧖟蠺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兓) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
簪	ʔsɯːm, ʔsrɯm
撍	ʔsluːm, ʔsluːmʔ, ʔsluːms, ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	sʰluːmʔ, sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	sʰluːmʔ, ʔsluːb
朁	sʰlɯːmʔ, zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	zluːm, hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	zlom, zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Etymology

Bodman (1980) relates this to Tibetan སྡོམ (sdom, “spider”). Perhaps cognate to 蔪 (OC *zamʔ, “entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cán (can²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): can²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caam⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tam³
Gan (Wiktionary): con²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhàm

(Meixian, Guangdong): cam²
Jin (Wiktionary): can¹
Northern Min (KCR): châng
Eastern Min (BUC): càng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhâm / chhêng / chhân / thâm

(Teochew, Peng'im): coin⁵ / cain⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zoe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cán
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cán
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan²
  - Yale: tsán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarn
  - Palladius: цань (canʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: can²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: can
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴
  - Yale: chàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: con²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: camˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cam²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cam²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: can¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: châng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: càng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm
  - Tâi-lô: tshâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaam
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhêng
  - Tâi-lô: tshîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân
  - Tâi-lô: tshân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
  - Tâi-lô: thâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taam
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/

Note:

Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
- chhâm - literary;
- chhêng/chhân - vernacular.
Taiwan:
- chhâm - literary;
- thâm - vernacular;
- chhân - vernacular (used in 蠶豆).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: coin⁵ / cain⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshôiⁿ / tshâiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰãĩ⁵⁵/

Note:

coin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
cain5 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe
  - MiniDict: zoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 蠶
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰan³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡sʰan²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰan⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡sʰã⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sʰan⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰã²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰã²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sʰɛ̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰan²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰan³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰan²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰaŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰɑŋ¹³/ /t͡sɑŋ¹³/ ～兒
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰæ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zø²³/
	Suzhou	/zø¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zẽ̞²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zø³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/ /t͡sʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡san¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/d͡zan¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɵn²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰam¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰɑm¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰam²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰan²¹/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰam²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰam³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰaŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰõi⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sai³¹/

Middle Chinese: dzom

Rime
Character	蠶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨含切
Baxter	dzom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəm/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəm/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀm/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*zluːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cán
Middle Chinese	‹ dzom ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[dz]ˁ[ə]m/
English	silkworm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠶
Reading #	1/1
No.	6702
Phonetic component	兓
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	蠶
Old Chinese	/*zluːm/

Definitions

蠶

silkworm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶 (“silkworm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶
Taxonomic name		蠶
Mandarin	Beijing	蠶
	Taiwan	蠶
	Harbin	蠶
	Shenyang	蠶
	Yantai (Muping)	蠶
	Jinan	蠶
	Luoyang	蠶兒
	Wanrong	蠶
	Xi'an	蠶
	Yinchuan	蠶
	Lanzhou	蠶兒
	Xining	蠶
	Ürümqi	蠶
	Wuhan	蠶
	Huanggang	蠶兒
	Chengdu	蠶子
	Guiyang	蠶子
	Kunming	蠶
	Guilin	蠶
	Liuzhou	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Xuzhou	蠶
	Yangzhou	蠶子, 蠶
	Nanjing	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
	Hefei	蠶
	Nantong	蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蠶蟲
	Macau	蠶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蠶
	Foshan	蠶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蠶
	Foshan (Shunde)	蠶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蠶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蠶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蠶
	Taishan	蠶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蠶
	Enping (Niujiang)	蠶
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠶
	Dongguan	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蠶
	Qingyuan	蠶蟲
	Fogang	蠶
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蠶蟲
	Yangshan	蠶蟲
	Lianshan (Butian)	蠶
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蠶
	Shaoguan	蠶蟲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蠶
	Renhua	蠶蟲
	Lechang	蠶蟲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蠶
	Sihui	蠶
	Guangning	蠶
	Deqing	蠶
	Huaiji	蠶
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蠶
	Yunfu	蠶
	Xinxing	蠶
	Luoding	蠶蟲
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蠶
	Yangjiang	蠶
	Xinyi	蠶
	Lianjiang	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Nanning	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Wuzhou	蠶
	Yulin	蠶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蠶
	Danzhou	蠶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蠶
Gan	Nanchang	蠶
	Lichuan	蠶
	Pingxiang	蠶蟲
Hakka	Meixian	蠶仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蠶蟲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蠶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蠶
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蠶
	Liannan	蠶
	Conghua (Lütian)	蠶
	Jiexi	蠶
	Changting	蠶哩
	Ninghua	蠶
	Yudu	蠶子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲
	Luchuan	蠶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蠶
	Senai (Huiyang)	蠶
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶
Huizhou	Tunxi	蠶兒
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶, 蠶兒
	Pingyao	蠶兒
	Xinzhou	蠶兒
	Hohhot	蠶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠶仔
	Songxi	蠶仔
	Zhenghe	蠶仔
	Jianyang	蠶仔
	Wuyishan	蠶仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蠶蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭
	Changle	蠶囝
	Fuqing	桑囝
	Yongtai	蠶囝
	Gutian	蠶繭
	Fu'an	蠶
	Ningde	蠶繭
	Shouning	桑蟲
	Zhouning	蠶
	Fuding	蠶
	Matsu	絲蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	娘仔
	Quanzhou	娘仔
	Jinjiang	娘仔
	Yongchun	娘仙, 娘
	Zhangzhou	娘仔, 蠶
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	娘仔, 蠶貓仔
	Hua'an	絲蟲
	Pinghe	蠶仔
	Yunxiao	蠶
	Dongshan	蠶
	Taipei	娘仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔
	Kaohsiung	蠶仔
	Yilan	娘仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔
	Taichung	娘仔
	Tainan	蠶仔
	Hsinchu	娘仔
	Kinmen	娘仔, 蠶
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔, 蠶
	Longyan	蠶仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蟲
	Datian	絲蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蠶仔
	Chaozhou	蠶
	Shantou	蠶
	Haifeng	蠶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蠶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蠶
	Wenchang	蠶
	Haikou	蠶蟲, 蠶
Central Min	Yong'an	蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
	Sanyuan	蠶仔
	Shaxian	蠶仔
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蠶
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蠶蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蠶
Wu	Shanghai	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶
	Suzhou	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
	Wuxi	蠶寶寶
	Danyang	蠶
	Hangzhou	蠶寶寶
	Ningbo	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Wenzhou	蠶兒
	Jinhua	蠶兒
Xiang	Changsha	蠶子, 蠶
	Loudi	蠶子
	Shuangfeng	蠶子
	Quanzhou	蠶

Compounds

二蠶／二蚕
偽蠶／伪蚕
先蠶／先蚕
先蠶壇／先蚕坛
八繭蠶／八茧蚕
八蠶／八蚕
八輩蠶／八辈蚕
冰蠶／冰蚕 (bīngcán)
冰蠶絲／冰蚕丝
原蠶／原蚕
吳蠶／吴蚕
土蠶／土蚕
地蠶／地蚕 (dìcán)
堅蠶／坚蚕
夏蠶／夏蚕
大蠶／大蚕
天蠶／天蚕
天蠶蛾／天蚕蛾
家蠶／家蚕 (jiācán)
小蠶／小蚕
山蠶／山蚕
春蠶／春蚕 (chūncán)
晚蠶／晚蚕
月形天蠶蛾／月形天蚕蛾 (yuèxíng tiāncán'é)
柳蠶／柳蚕
柞蠶／柞蚕 (zuòcán)
柘蠶／柘蚕 (zhècán)
柞蠶絲／柞蚕丝
桑蠶／桑蚕 (sāngcán)
槐蠶／槐蚕
樟蠶／樟蚕
樗蠶／樗蚕
沙蠶／沙蚕 (shācán)
浴蠶／浴蚕
火蠶／火蚕
火蠶綿／火蚕绵
照田蠶／照田蚕
玉蠶／玉蚕
田蠶／田蚕
白殭蠶／白僵蚕 (báijiāngcán)
眠蠶／眠蚕
祈蠶／祈蚕
穀父蠶母／谷父蚕母
簇蠶／簇蚕
紅蠶／红蚕
繭蠶／茧蚕
老蠶作繭／老蚕作茧
耕蠶／耕蚕
臥蠶／卧蚕 (wòcán)
草石蠶／草石蚕
蓖麻蠶／蓖麻蚕
蚖珍蠶／蚖珍蚕
蚖蠶／蚖蚕
螈蠶／螈蚕
蟬聯蠶緒／蝉联蚕绪
蟻蠶／蚁蚕 (yǐcán)
蠶事／蚕事
蠶人／蚕人
蠶作／蚕作
蠶候／蚕候
蠶兒／蚕儿
蠶具／蚕具
蠶功／蚕功
蠶匾／蚕匾 (cánbiǎn)
蠶叢／蚕丛
蠶叢路／蚕丛路
蠶叢鳥道／蚕丛鸟道
蠶命／蚕命
蠶啗／蚕啗
蠶器／蚕器
蠶女／蚕女
蠶妾／蚕妾
蠶姬／蚕姬
蠶娘／蚕娘
蠶婦／蚕妇
蠶子／蚕子 (cánzǐ)
蠶官／蚕官
蠶室／蚕室
蠶室獄／蚕室狱
蠶家／蚕家
蠶宮／蚕宫
蠶寶寶／蚕宝宝 (cánbǎobǎo)
蠶屋／蚕屋
蠶山／蚕山 (cánshān)
蠶崖／蚕崖
蠶工／蚕工
蠶市／蚕市
蠶座／蚕座
蠶忌／蚕忌
蠶戶／蚕户
蠶房／蚕房 (cánfáng)
蠶攢／蚕攒
蠶支落／蚕支落
蠶春／蚕春
蠶曲／蚕曲
蠶書／蚕书
蠶月／蚕月 (cányuè)
蠶桑／蚕桑
蠶槌／蚕槌
蠶母／蚕母
蠶池／蚕池
蠶沙／蚕沙 (cánshā)
蠶漁／蚕渔
蠶熟／蚕熟
蠶眉／蚕眉
蠶眠／蚕眠 (cánmián)
蠶眠字／蚕眠字
蠶矢／蚕矢
蠶神／蚕神
蠶禁／蚕禁
蠶禮／蚕礼
蠶禾／蚕禾
蠶種／蚕种
蠶穡／蚕穑
蠶箔／蚕箔 (cánbó)
蠶簇／蚕簇
蠶簞／蚕箪
蠶籠／蚕笼
蠶精／蚕精
蠶紙／蚕纸 (cánzhǐ)
蠶紗餅／蚕纱饼
蠶絲／蚕丝 (cánsī)
蠶綿／蚕绵
蠶網／蚕网
蠶縷／蚕缕
蠶績／蚕绩
蠶繅／蚕缫
蠶績蟹匡／蚕绩蟹匡 (cánjìxièkuāng)
蠶織／蚕织
蠶繰／蚕缲
蠶繭／蚕茧 (cánjiǎn)
蠶繭紙／蚕茧纸
蠶耕／蚕耕
蠶胎／蚕胎
蠶臺／蚕台
蠶舍／蚕舍
蠶芽／蚕芽
蠶花／蚕花
蠶莓／蚕莓
蠶菜／蚕菜
蠶葉／蚕叶
蠶蔟／蚕蔟 (cáncù)
蠶薄／蚕薄
蠶蛾／蚕蛾 (cán'é)
蠶蛹／蚕蛹 (cányǒng)
蠶蛻／蚕蜕
蠶蛹油／蚕蛹油 (cányǒngyóu)
蠶蝕／蚕蚀
蠶蟲／蚕虫
蠶蟲師爺／蚕虫师爷
蠶蟻／蚕蚁 (cányǐ)
蠶蟹／蚕蟹
蠶術／蚕术
蠶衣／蚕衣
蠶要／蚕要
蠶豆／蚕豆 (cándòu)
蠶豆症／蚕豆症 (cándòuzhèng)
蠶豆象／蚕豆象
蠶賊／蚕贼
蠶農／蚕农 (cánnóng)
蠶連／蚕连
蠶連紙／蚕连纸
蠶鄉／蚕乡
蠶頭／蚕头 (cántóu)
蠶頭雁尾／蚕头雁尾
蠶頭馬尾／蚕头马尾
蠶頭鷰尾／蚕头燕尾
蠶頭鼠尾／蚕头鼠尾
蠶食／蚕食 (cánshí)
蠶食政策／蚕食政策
蠶食鯨吞／蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)
蠶館／蚕馆
蠶鳧／蚕凫
蠶鹽／蚕盐
蠶麥／蚕麦
蠶麰／蚕𮮇
蠶麻／蚕麻
西蠶／西蚕
親蠶／亲蚕
起蠶／起蚕
農蠶／农蚕
野蠶／野蚕 (yěcán)
金蠶／金蚕
銀蠶／银蚕
鐵蠶豆／铁蚕豆
雪蠶／雪蚕
露蠶／露蚕
頭蠶／头蚕
養蠶／养蚕 (yǎngcán)
養蠶業／养蚕业 (yǎngcányè)
餘蠶／余蚕
魏蠶／魏蚕
魚蠶／鱼蚕
鯨吞蠶食／鲸吞蚕食

Japanese

Shinjitai	蚕
Kyūjitai	蠶

Kanji

蠶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蚕)

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Readings

Go-on: ぞん (zon)^{←ぞん (zon, historical)}^{←ぞむ (zomu, ancient)}

Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さん (san, historical)}^{←さむ (samu, ancient)}

Kun: かいこ (kaiko, 蠶)

Korean

Hanja

蠶 (eumhun 누에 잠 (nue jam))

silkworm

Vietnamese

Han character

蠶: Hán Nôm readings: tàm, tằm

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