蠶

silkworm

if, supposing, nevertheless

Character component without intrinsic meaning

(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at

broad bean (Vicia faba) / fava bean

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale

Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

newly hatched silkworm

Malabar spinach / Basella alba

G6PD deficiency

sericulturist

to raise silkworms

silk industry

silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔[can2 bo2]

silkworm chrysalis / pupa