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Kotomora

蠒

Strokes20

Readings

On'yomi

  • ケン

Kun'yomi

  • まゆ
  • きぬ

Meaning

This rare kanji has no clear standalone meaning. Treat its meaning as uncertain.

Study

Etymology

蠒 is a variant or older form of 繭 (cocoon). It combines 虫 (insect) with 爾, which may have contributed sound or served as a phonetic marker, but the exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The bottom 虫 suggests an insect, and the top 爾 looks like a complex woven structure. Picture a silkworm inside a tightly wrapped cocoon.

Reading mnemonic

For ケン, imagine a silkworm spinning a cocoon that looks like a tiny tent: tent -> ケン, and the worm is inside.