繭
cocoon
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2495.
Readings
- まゆ (kun reading): 繭 (まゆ) cocoon; 繭玉 (まゆだま) New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
- ケン (on reading): 収繭 (しゅうけん) cocoon crop; 黄繭 (こうけん) yellow cocoon
- きぬ (kun reading)
Components
- 艹
- 冂
- 糸
- 虫
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 糸 radical thread
- 虫 radical insect
- 風 radical wind
Words using 繭
- 繭 (まゆ) cocoon
- 繭玉 (まゆだま) New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
- 二つ繭 (ふたつまゆ) double cocoon
- 繭をかける (まゆをかける) to spin a cocoon
- 繭価 (まゆか) price of a cocoon
- 収繭 (しゅうけん) cocoon crop
- 黄繭 (こうけん) yellow cocoon
- 蚕繭 (さんけん) silkworm cocoon
- 産繭 (さんけん) (silkworm) cocoon production
- 生繭 (せいけん) raw cocoon
15 words in all.