桑蚕
桑蚕桑蠶 sāng cán ㄙㄤ ㄘㄢˊ song1 caam4
- silkworm
Stroke order
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
桑
- 桑拿 sāng ná ㄙㄤ ㄋㄚˊ song1 naa4 (loanword) sauna
- 沧桑滄桑 cāng sāng ㄘㄤ ㄙㄤ cong1 song1 great changes
- 哈桑 Hā sāng ㄏㄚ ㄙㄤ haa1 song1 Hassan or Hasan (personal name or place name)
- 土桑 Tǔ sāng ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄤ tou2 song1 Tucson (city in Arizona)
- 尼桑 Ní sāng ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄤ nei4 song1 Nissan, Japanese car make
- 扶桑 Fú sāng ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄤ fu4 song1 Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
蚕
- 家蚕家蠶 jiā cán ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄢˊ gaa1 caam4 the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- 春蚕春蠶 Chūn cán ㄔㄨㄣ ㄘㄢˊ ceon1 caam4 Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
- 柘蚕柘蠶 zhè cán ㄓㄜˋ ㄘㄢˊ ze3 caam4 silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree
- 沙蚕沙蠶 shā cán ㄕㄚ ㄘㄢˊ saa1 caam4 genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 卧蚕臥蠶 wò cán ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ ngo6 caam4 plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
- 蚕丛蠶叢 Cán Cóng ㄘㄢˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ caam4 cung4 Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
Idioms with these characters
- 渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián ㄅㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ but6 haai5 song1 tin4 lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
- 沧海桑田滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ cong1 hoi2 song1 tin4 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
- 指桑骂槐指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái ㄓˇ ㄙㄤ ㄇㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ zi2 song1 maa6 waai4 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree