The kanji 繭: meaning, readings and stroke order

繭

Meaning: cocoon
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: まゆ mayu
Strokes: 18
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kén tằm (kiển)
Japanese: まゆ。かいこがいとでつくるいえ。
Korean: 고치, 누에고치 (견)
Chinese: 茧、蚕茧 (茧)

Readings, words and example sentences

まゆ mayu · kun reading · less common

繭まゆ
cocoon (of a silkworm)
蚕が 繭まゆを作ります。
Silkworms make cocoons.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.