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Chinese Text Project
蠶
U+8836
Seal script		䗝
Semantic variant		蚕
Semantic variant
Simplified character		𧕽
Semantic variant

Radical:虫+ 18 strokes = 24 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.222#35 Kangxi: p.1103#33 Cihai: p.1201r6c02 GSR: 660.i Hanyu: v4,p2908#11
Composition:Top: 朁, bottom: 䖵. Component of: 𨽳 𧖛 𥸢
Mandarin:cán ㄘㄢˊ
Cantonese:caam4
Tang reconstruction:*dzhom
Shuowen:《䖵部》蠶：任絲也。从䖵朁聲。
Guangyun:《廣韻·下平聲·覃·蠶》蠶：吐絲蟲俗作蚕非。昨含切，四。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·虫部·十八》蠶：《唐韻》昨含切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》徂含切，𠀤音𨅔。絲蟲也。《說文》任絲也。《詩·豳風》蠶月條桑。《書·禹貢》桑土旣蠶。《淮南子·天文訓》蠶珥絲而商絃絕。《博物志》蠶三化，先孕而後交，不交者亦產子。《爾雅翼》蠶之狀，喙呥呥類馬，色斑斑似虎。初拂謂之蚝，以毛掃之，蠶尚小，不欲見露氣。桑葉著懷中令暖，然後切之得氣，則衆惡除也。《酉陽雜俎》食而不飮者蠶。又原蠶。《埤雅》再蠶謂之原蠶，一名魏蠶，今以晚葉養之。又紅蠶。蠶足於葉三俯三起，二十七日而蠶已老，則紅，故謂之紅蠶。又野蠶。《後漢·光武紀》野蠶成繭，被于山阜。又華蠶。《述異記》園客種五色香草，啖華蠶，得繭一百二十枚，大如甕。又《本草》石蠶，一名沙蝨，乃東澗水中細蟲。又雪蠶，生隂山及峨嵋山，北人謂之雪蛆。又金蠶，屈如指環，食故緋帛錦，如蠶之食葉也。又蠶室。《晉書·禮志》皇后親乗車東郊苑中蠶室祭蠶神。又蠶神。《爾雅翼》今蠶神曰苑窳婦人、寓氏公主，凡二神。又人名。《成都記》蠶叢氏，蜀君也。又地名。《前漢·地理志》蜀郡蠶陵。《國名記》彭之遵縣有蠶厓。又蠶繭，草名。《本草》治腫脹。
Fanqie:昨含 (《廣韻·下平聲·覃·蠶》)
Unihan definition:silkworms

CTP Dictionary


蠶
cán ㄘㄢˊ : 蠶（蟲名）；養蠶。 Silkworm; to raise silkworms.

《孟子·滕文公下》:夫人蠶繅，以為衣服。
His wife keeps silkworms, and unwinds their cocoons, to make the garments for sacrifice.
《史記·夏本紀》:濟、河維沇州：九河既道，雷夏既澤，雍、沮會同，桑土既蠶，於是民得下丘居土。
The Qi and Yellow rivers formed the boundaries of Yanzhou. The nine branches of the Yellow river followed their courses, and Lei Xia was a marsh, in which the Yong and Ju streams were united. The mulberry region was supplied with silkworms, and then the people came down from the heights and occupied it.
《禮記·檀弓下》:成人曰：「蠶則績而蟹有匡，范則冠而蟬有緌，兄則死而子皋為之衰。」
The people of Cheng said, 'The silkworm spins its cocoons, but the crab supplies the box for them; the bee has its cap, but the cicada supplies the strings for it. His elder brother died, but it was Zi-gao who made the mourning for him.'
《詩經·七月》:蠶月條桑、取彼斧斨、以伐遠揚、猗彼女桑。
In the silkworm month they strip the mulberry branches of their leaves, And take their axes and hatchets, To lop off those that are distant and high; Only stripping the young trees of their leaves.
《尚書·禹貢》:桑土既蠶，是降丘宅土。
The mulberry grounds were made fit for silkworms, and then (the people) came down from the heights, and occupied the grounds (below).
《韓非子·存韓》:荊人不動，魏不足患也，則諸侯可蠶食而盡，趙氏可得與敵矣。
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