# 蠶 U+8836 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8836

A Chinese character meaning “silkworm”, read cán in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `蠶` |
| Codepoint | U+8836 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8836 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `蠶` `蠶` |
| CSS | `\8836` |
| JavaScript | `\u8836` |
| UTF-8 | E8 A0 B6 |
| UTF-16 | 8836 |
| Definition | silkworm |
| Mandarin | cán |
| Cantonese | caam4 |
| Japanese | SAN TEN KAIKO |
| Korean | CAM |

## Related characters

- 蠵 [U+8835 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8835](https://unicodekit.com/char/8835)
- 蠷 [U+8837 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8837](https://unicodekit.com/char/8837)
- 蠴 [U+8834 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8834](https://unicodekit.com/char/8834)
- 蠸 [U+8838 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8838](https://unicodekit.com/char/8838)
- 蠳 [U+8833 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8833](https://unicodekit.com/char/8833)
- 蠹 [U+8839 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8839](https://unicodekit.com/char/8839)
- 蠲 [U+8832 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8832](https://unicodekit.com/char/8832)
- 蠺 [U+883A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883A](https://unicodekit.com/char/883A)
- 蠱 [U+8831 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8831](https://unicodekit.com/char/8831)
- 蠻 [U+883B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883B](https://unicodekit.com/char/883B)
- 蠰 [U+8830 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8830](https://unicodekit.com/char/8830)
- 蠼 [U+883C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883C](https://unicodekit.com/char/883C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/8836 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/8836