# 蚕

| 蚕 | U+8695, &#34453; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8695 |
| ← 蚔 [U+8694] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚖 → [U+8696] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中一戈 (HKLMI) or 一大中一戈 (MKLMI), four-corner 2013$_6$, composition ⿱天虫)

#### Derived characters

* 𱐈, 𰯁, 𧍦, 𧎕, 𥱄, 䘉, 𮇀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32869
* Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8695

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 添 | *tʰiːm |
| 忝 | *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms |
| 悿 | *tʰiːmʔ |
| 舔 | *l̥ʰiːmʔ |
| 菾 | *diːm |
| 天 | *qʰl'iːn |
| 吞 | *qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn |
| 祆 | *qʰliːn |
| 蚕 | *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ): phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蚕 – see 蠶 (“silkworm”). (This character is the simplified form of 蠶).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiǎn (tian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^3$
*** Yale: tyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tean
*** Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: thenX
Rime :
| Character | 蚕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 他典切 |
| Baxter | thenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hl'iːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12390 |
| Phonetic component | 天 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 腆 |
| Old Chinese | /*hl'iːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 |

#### Definitions

蚕
* Only used in 蜸蚕 (qiǎntiǎn, “earthworm”).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04234

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 蚕 |
| Kyūjitai | 蠶 |

### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠶)
* silkworm

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞん (zon)、てん (ten)
* Kan-on: さん (san, Jōyō)、てん (ten)
* Kun: かいこ (kaiko, 蚕, Jōyō)、こ (ko, 蚕)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蚕
* かいこ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 蠶 (kyūjitai)
Compound of 飼い (kai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 飼う (kau, “to raise”)) +‎ 蚕 (ko, “silkworm”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かいこ [káꜜìkò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠iko̞]

#### Noun

蚕(かいこ) or 蚕(カイコ) • (kaiko)
* the silkworm (Bombyx mori)
* the larva of a silkworm
* sericulture
* (thief or stallkeeper cant) silk (of clothing)

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カイコ.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蚕
* こ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 蠶 (kyūjitai)
Some sources derive this from 子 (ko, “child”), but the pitch accents do not match.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こ [kóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞]

#### Noun

蚕(こ) • (ko)
* (obsolete) silkworm

### References

* 1 2 “かい‐こ［かひ‥］ 【蚕】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ “蚕”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ “こ 【蚕】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean
### Hanja

蚕 • (cheon, jam) (hangeul 천, 잠, revised cheon, jam, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, cham, Yale chen, cam)
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