Kanji
繭
N1
18 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2495
cocoon
On'yomi (音読み)
ケン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
まゆ、 きぬ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
生繭
せいけん
raw cocoon
産繭
さんけん
(silkworm) cocoon production
蚕繭
さんけん
silkworm cocoon
黄繭
こうけん
yellow cocoon
収繭
しゅうけん
cocoon crop
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
繭
まゆ
cocoon
山繭
やままゆ
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
繭かき
まゆかき
taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder
小繭蜂
こまゆばち
braconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)
屑繭
くずまゆ
waste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon
玉繭
たままゆ
dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni
山繭蛾
やままゆが
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
春繭
はるまゆ
spring cocoon crop
繭玉
まゆだま
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
繭価
まゆか
price of a cocoon