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蚕 = 天 + 虫
蚕 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “silkworm”. It is built from 天 (heavens) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 562.
- Keyword
- silkworm
- RTK frame
- 562
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サン, テン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かいこ, こ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- шелкопряд
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 蚕 silkworms
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蚕 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heavens” + “insect”. 蚕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蚕 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.