# 蠶

| 蠶 | U+8836, &#34870; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8836 |
| ← 蠵 [U+8835] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠷 → [U+8837] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一山日中戈 (MUALI), four-corner 1113$_6$, composition ⿱朁䖵)

#### Derived characters

* 𨽳 𧖛 𥸢

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33890
* Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2908, character 11
* Unihan data for U+8836

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 簪 | *ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm |
| 撍 | *ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːmʔ, *ʔsluːms, *ʔsrum |
| 鐕 | *ʔsluːm |
| 憯 | *sʰluːmʔ, *sʰlɯːmʔ |
| 噆 | *sʰluːmʔ, *ʔsluːb |
| 朁 | *sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam |
| 蠶 | *zluːm |
| 蚕 | *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ |
| 糣 | *sluːmʔ |
| 熸 | *ʔslom |
| 鬵 | *zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm |
| 灊 | *zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm |
| 潛 | *zlom, *zloms |
| 僭 | *ʔslɯːms |
| 兓 | *sl'ɯm |
| 嶜 | *zlum |
| 兂 | *ʔsrɯm |
| 譖 | *ʔsrums |

### Etymology

Bodman (1980) relates this to Tibetan སྡོམ (sdom, “spider”). Perhaps cognate to 蔪 (OC *zamʔ, “to entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007), as well as 縶 (OC *tib, “to rope, tether, bind”), with these terms deriving from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”), whence Burmese ထုပ် (htup, “to wrap, bundle”) (STEDT). The silkworm would thus be seen as a "wrapping (bug)", which is particularly apt when considering the process of sericulture.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cán (can$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): can$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caam$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tam$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): con$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhàm
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cam$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): can$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): châng
* Eastern Min (BUC): càng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm / chhêng / chhân / thâm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): coin$^5$ / cain$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cán
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cán
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻan$^2$
*** Yale: tsán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarn
*** Palladius: цань (canʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: can$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: can
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰan²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caam$^4$
*** Yale: chàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːm²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tam$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰam²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: con$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵn²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: cam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: can$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: châng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: càng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm
*** Tâi-lô: tshâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaam
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴/
** (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhêng
*** Tâi-lô: tshîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân
*** Tâi-lô: tshân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaan
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
*** Tâi-lô: thâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: taam
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
* Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
** chhâm - literary;
** chhêng/chhân - vernacular.
* Taiwan:
** chhâm - literary;
** thâm - vernacular;
** chhân - vernacular (used in 蠶豆).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蠶 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡sʰan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡sʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡sʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sʰan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡sʰɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰan³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡sʰã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡sʰaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sʰæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰɑŋ¹³/ /t͡sɑŋ¹³/ ～兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zø¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zẽ̞²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zø³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/ /t͡sʰʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡san¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /d͡zan¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɵn²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰam¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑm¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰam²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰan²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰam²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰam³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰɛiŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰaŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰõi⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sai³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: dzom
Rime :
| Character | 蠶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨含切 |
| Baxter | dzom |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zʌm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zəm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɒm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zəm/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zᴀm/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɒm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱăm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zluːm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蠶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzom › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[dz]ˁ[ə]m/ |
| English | silkworm |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6702 |
| Phonetic component | 兓 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蠶 |
| Old Chinese | /*zluːm/ |

### Definitions

蠶
* silkworm

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蠶 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蠶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蠶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蠶兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蠶兒, 桑蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蠶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蠶兒, 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蠶兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蠶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蠶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蠶崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蠶, 蠶蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蠶兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蠶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蠶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蠶兒, 蠶寶寶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蠶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蠶兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蠶, 蠶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蠶 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蠶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蠶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蠶哩 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蠶子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蠶仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蠶蟲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蠶 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蠶 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠶, 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蠶 |
| Jin | Datong | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蠶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蠶 |
| Jin | Jining | 蠶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蠶 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蠶 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蠶兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蠶 |
| Jin | Handan | 蠶 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蠶 |
| Jin | Suide | 蠶兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蠶仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蠶蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蠶囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 桑囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蠶囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蠶繭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 桑蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蠶 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 娘仙, 娘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 娘仔, 蠶貓仔 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Sidu) | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 娘仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 娘仔, 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蟲 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 絲蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蠶仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蠶蟲, 蠶 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 蠶仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 蠶仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蠶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠶蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蠶 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 絲蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠶, 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蠶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠶, 蠶寶寶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠶兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠶兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠶子, 蠶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蠶子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠶子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蠶 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 蠶屎蟲, 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 蠶 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 蠶絲蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 桑蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 蠶子龍 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 蠶蟲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 蠶蟲 |

### Compounds

* 二蠶／二蚕
* 偽蠶／伪蚕
* 先蠶／先蚕
* 先蠶壇／先蚕坛
* 八繭蠶／八茧蚕
* 八蠶／八蚕
* 八輩蠶／八辈蚕
* 冰蠶／冰蚕 (bīngcán)
* 冰蠶絲／冰蚕丝
* 原蠶／原蚕
* 吳蠶／吴蚕
* 土蠶／土蚕
* 地蠶／地蚕 (dìcán)
* 堅蠶／坚蚕
* 夏蠶／夏蚕
* 大蠶／大蚕
* 天蠶／天蚕
* 天蠶蛾／天蚕蛾
* 家蠶／家蚕 (jiācán)
* 小蠶／小蚕
* 山蠶／山蚕
* 春蠶／春蚕 (chūncán)
* 晚蠶／晚蚕
* 月形天蠶蛾／月形天蚕蛾 (yuèxíng tiāncán'é)
* 柳蠶／柳蚕
* 柞蠶／柞蚕 (zuòcán)
* 柘蠶／柘蚕 (zhècán)
* 柞蠶絲／柞蚕丝
* 桑蠶／桑蚕 (sāngcán)
* 槐蠶／槐蚕
* 樟蠶／樟蚕
* 樗蠶／樗蚕
* 沙蠶／沙蚕 (shācán)
* 浴蠶／浴蚕
* 火蠶／火蚕
* 火蠶綿／火蚕绵
* 照田蠶／照田蚕
* 玉蠶／玉蚕
* 田蠶／田蚕
* 白殭蠶／白僵蚕 (báijiāngcán)
* 眠蠶／眠蚕
* 祈蠶／祈蚕
* 穀父蠶母／谷父蚕母
* 簇蠶／簇蚕
* 紅蠶／红蚕
* 繭蠶／茧蚕
* 老蠶作繭／老蚕作茧
* 耕蠶／耕蚕
* 臥蠶／卧蚕 (wòcán)
* 草石蠶／草石蚕
* 蓖麻蠶／蓖麻蚕
* 蚖珍蠶／蚖珍蚕
* 蚖蠶／蚖蚕
* 螈蠶／螈蚕
* 蟬聯蠶緒／蝉联蚕绪
* 蟻蠶／蚁蚕 (yǐcán)
* 蠶事／蚕事
* 蠶人／蚕人
* 蠶作／蚕作
* 蠶候／蚕候
* 蠶兒／蚕儿
* 蠶具／蚕具
* 蠶功／蚕功
* 蠶匾／蚕匾 (cánbiǎn)
* 蠶叢／蚕丛
* 蠶叢路／蚕丛路
* 蠶叢鳥道／蚕丛鸟道
* 蠶命／蚕命
* 蠶啗／蚕啗
* 蠶器／蚕器
* 蠶女／蚕女
* 蠶妾／蚕妾
* 蠶姬／蚕姬
* 蠶娘／蚕娘
* 蠶婦／蚕妇
* 蠶子／蚕子 (cánzǐ)
* 蠶官／蚕官
* 蠶室／蚕室
* 蠶室獄／蚕室狱
* 蠶家／蚕家
* 蠶宮／蚕宫
* 蠶寶寶／蚕宝宝 (cánbǎobǎo)
* 蠶屋／蚕屋
* 蠶山／蚕山 (cánshān)
* 蠶崖／蚕崖
* 蠶工／蚕工
* 蠶市／蚕市
* 蠶座／蚕座
* 蠶忌／蚕忌
* 蠶戶／蚕户
* 蠶房／蚕房 (cánfáng)
* 蠶攢／蚕攒
* 蠶支落／蚕支落
* 蠶春／蚕春
* 蠶曲／蚕曲
* 蠶書／蚕书
* 蠶月／蚕月 (cányuè)
* 蠶桑／蚕桑
* 蠶槌／蚕槌
* 蠶母／蚕母
* 蠶池／蚕池
* 蠶沙／蚕沙 (cánshā)
* 蠶漁／蚕渔
* 蠶熟／蚕熟
* 蠶眉／蚕眉
* 蠶眠／蚕眠 (cánmián)
* 蠶眠字／蚕眠字
* 蠶矢／蚕矢
* 蠶神／蚕神
* 蠶禁／蚕禁
* 蠶禮／蚕礼
* 蠶禾／蚕禾
* 蠶種／蚕种
* 蠶穡／蚕穑
* 蠶箔／蚕箔 (cánbó)
* 蠶簇／蚕簇
* 蠶簞／蚕箪
* 蠶籠／蚕笼
* 蠶精／蚕精
* 蠶紙／蚕纸 (cánzhǐ)
* 蠶紗餅／蚕纱饼
* 蠶絲／蚕丝 (cánsī)
* 蠶綿／蚕绵
* 蠶網／蚕网
* 蠶縷／蚕缕
* 蠶績／蚕绩
* 蠶繅／蚕缫
* 蠶績蟹匡／蚕绩蟹匡 (cánjìxièkuāng)
* 蠶織／蚕织
* 蠶繰／蚕缲
* 蠶繭／蚕茧 (cánjiǎn)
* 蠶繭紙／蚕茧纸
* 蠶耕／蚕耕
* 蠶胎／蚕胎
* 蠶臺／蚕台
* 蠶舍／蚕舍
* 蠶芽／蚕芽
* 蠶花／蚕花
* 蠶莓／蚕莓
* 蠶菜／蚕菜
* 蠶葉／蚕叶
* 蠶蔟／蚕蔟 (cáncù)
* 蠶薄／蚕薄
* 蠶蛾／蚕蛾 (cán'é)
* 蠶蛹／蚕蛹 (cányǒng)
* 蠶蛻／蚕蜕
* 蠶蛹油／蚕蛹油 (cányǒngyóu)
* 蠶蝕／蚕蚀
* 蠶蟲／蚕虫
* 蠶蟲師爺／蚕虫师爷
* 蠶蟻／蚕蚁 (cányǐ)
* 蠶蟹／蚕蟹
* 蠶術／蚕术
* 蠶衣／蚕衣
* 蠶要／蚕要
* 蠶豆／蚕豆 (cándòu)
* 蠶豆症／蚕豆症 (cándòuzhèng)
* 蠶豆象／蚕豆象
* 蠶賊／蚕贼
* 蠶農／蚕农 (cánnóng)
* 蠶連／蚕连
* 蠶連紙／蚕连纸
* 蠶鄉／蚕乡
* 蠶頭／蚕头 (cántóu)
* 蠶頭雁尾／蚕头雁尾
* 蠶頭馬尾／蚕头马尾
* 蠶頭鷰尾／蚕头燕尾
* 蠶頭鼠尾／蚕头鼠尾
* 蠶食／蚕食 (cánshí)
* 蠶食政策／蚕食政策
* 蠶食鯨吞／蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)
* 蠶館／蚕馆
* 蠶鳧／蚕凫
* 蠶鹽／蚕盐
* 蠶麥／蚕麦
* 蠶麰／蚕𮮇
* 蠶麻／蚕麻
* 西蠶／西蚕
* 親蠶／亲蚕
* 起蠶／起蚕
* 農蠶／农蚕
* 野蠶／野蚕 (yěcán)
* 金蠶／金蚕
* 銀蠶／银蚕
* 鐵蠶豆／铁蚕豆
* 雪蠶／雪蚕
* 露蠶／露蚕
* 頭蠶／头蚕
* 養蠶／养蚕 (yǎngcán)
* 養蠶業／养蚕业 (yǎngcányè)
* 餘蠶／余蚕
* 魏蠶／魏蚕
* 魚蠶／鱼蚕
* 鯨吞蠶食／鲸吞蚕食

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 蚕 |
| Kyūjitai | 蠶 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蚕)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞん (zon)
* Kan-on: さん (san)
* Kun: かいこ (kaiko, 蠶)

## Korean
### Hanja

蠶 (eumhun 누에 잠 (nue jam))
* silkworm

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠶: Hán Nôm readings: tàm, tằm
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