蚕 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 蚕意味

silkworm

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蚕 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

かいこ kaiko
こ ko

KUNYOMI　訓読み

サン san
テン ten

Examples

蚕は繭を作る。

Silkworms spin cocoons.

これらがカイコがその葉を常食とする木です。

These are the trees on the leaves of which silkworms live.

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