Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蚕


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Meaning

silkworm

Pronunciation

SAN
kaiko

Explanation

Top: sky/heaven , bottom: insect (The body and the sting of an insect.)

Mnemonic

What a heavenly insect is: the silkworm!

Radicals

heaven, sky
insectThe body and the sting of an insect.
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Vocabulary

 養蚕  ようさん  silkworm culture, silkworm rearing
 蚕糸  さんし  silk thread
 蚕食  さんしょく  intrusion, invasion, encroachment

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