JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

Meaning

Kanji 繭

cocoon

cocoon

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
まゆきぬ
Onyomi 音読み
ケン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 茧 (Itaiji) , (Itaiji) , (Itaiji) • Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#2495
Strokes
18
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
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Related vocabulary

Showing 18 common entries

Showing 18 of 18 entries that include this kanji.

絹糸

きぬいと

silk thread

まゆ

cocoon

絹紬

けんちゅう

pongee (unbleached silk)

繭かき

まゆかき

taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder

繭をかける

まゆをかける

to spin a cocoon

繭価

まゆか

price of a cocoon

繭玉

まゆだま

New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes

黄繭

こうけん

yellow cocoon

玉繭

たままゆ

cocoon

屑繭

くずまゆ

waste cocoon (silk)

山繭

やままゆ

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

産繭

さんけん

(silkworm) cocoon production

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

蚕はを作ってからさなぎになります。

silkworms make cocoons and then become pupae.

このから細い糸が取れます。

fine thread can be taken from this cocoon.

白いが葉の裏に付いていた。

a white cocoon was attached to the underside of the leaf.

子どもたちはを初めて見て驚いた。

the children were surprised to see a cocoon for the first time.

そのは思ったより軽かった。

that cocoon was lighter than i expected.