1. 蠶
  2. 繭

蠶

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  1. 蠶 is the 2781st most frequent character.
  2. 蠶 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蠶 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 蠶 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蠶 => 兓, No glyph available
Radical :
蠶 => 兓 (N/A), 日 (sun/day), 䖵 (N/A)
Graphical :
蠶 => 兓, 口, 一, 䖵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. can2 - silkworm

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蚕 (蠶)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
蚕豆 (蠶豆)
蚕食 (蠶食)

Medium Frequency

春蚕 (春蠶)
蚕茧 (蠶繭)
蚕蛹 (蠶蛹)
养蚕 (養蠶)

繭

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Meta:

  1. 繭 is the 3601st most frequent character.
  2. 繭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 繭 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 繭 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
繭 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
繭 => 艹 (grass), 冂 (upside down box), 丨 (line), 糹 (silk), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
繭 => 艹, 冂, 丨, ㇛, 丶, 丶, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - cocoon/callus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 繭 (jian3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

茧 (繭)

Medium Frequency

作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)
茧子 (繭子)
老茧 (老繭)
蚕茧 (蠶繭)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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