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繭

JLPT N1 18 strokes Frequency: #2495

Meanings

Cocoon

Radicals

糹

Decomposition

⿱艹⿻冂⿰糹虫

Etymology

Ideographic: A silk 糹 cocoon 冂 spun by a worm 虫

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 18

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 hook bottom-to-top

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

8 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal bottom-to-top

12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

15 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

16 vertical right-to-left

17 rising left-to-right

18 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まゆ mayu

きぬ kinu

Words Using This Kanji

14 words total

Other (14 words)

cocoon crop

double cocoon

to spin a cocoon

cocoon

price of a cocoon

New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes

春繭はるまゆ

spring cocoon crop

山繭やままゆ

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

玉繭たままゆ

dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms)

黄繭こうけん

yellow cocoon

繭かきまゆかき

taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder

産繭さんけん

(silkworm) cocoon production

蚕繭さんけん

silkworm cocoon

生繭せいけん

raw cocoon

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