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：2026/01/08
蚕
Hiragana
かいこ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
カイコガの幼虫で、桑の葉を食べて糸を吐き、絹糸の原料となる昆虫。家畜化され、人間によって飼育される。 / 転じて、養蚕業や絹と深く関わる象徴的な存在として用いられることがある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
まゆをつくるむし。まゆからきぬのいとがとれる
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
家蚕 / 蚕虫 / 以桑叶为食、能吐丝结茧的昆虫
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
吐絲結繭的昆蟲，學名家蠶（Bombyx mori） / 為取絲而飼養的桑蠶
Korean Meaning
누에 / 누에나방의 유충 / 비단실을 만드는 곤충
Indonesian
ulat sutra (Bombyx mori) / larva ngengat sutra domestik / serangga penghasil sutra yang dibudidayakan
Vietnamese Meaning
con tằm / tằm nhà (Bombyx mori)
Tagalog Meaning
uod ng sutla / uod-sutla / uod na gumagawa ng sutla
Sense（1）
the silkworm (Bombyx mori)
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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蚕
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Silkworms are raised to produce silk.
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蚕は絹を作るために飼われています。
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