| 617 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 885 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 688 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2017 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 57 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 880 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1877 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2042 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1866 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1606 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3107 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1589 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 529 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32869 | Morohashi |
| 2457 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5290 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 523 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 562 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 901 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
2272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蚕糸 【サンシ】 silk thread, silk yarn
- 蚕業 【サンギョウ】 sericulture
- 養蚕 【ヨウサン】 sericulture, silkworm culture, silkworm raising
- 秋蚕 【シュウサン】 autumn silkworms, fall silkworms
Kun reading compounds
- 蚕 【かいこ】 silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- 蚕蛾 【かいこが】 silkworm moth, silk moth (Bombyx mori)
- 三眠蚕 【さんみんかいこ】 three-molt silkworm
- 蚕糞 【こくそ】 silkworm droppings
- 蚕玉 【こだま】 guardian deity of silkworms
- 三眠蚕 【さんみんかいこ】 three-molt silkworm
- 桑蚕 【くわこ】 wild silkworm moth (Bombyx mandarina)
Readings
- Korean:
- cheon, jam
Spanish
- gusano de seda
Portuguese
- bicho-da-seda
French
- ver à soie
| 3171 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 1013.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8695 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卵 【ラン】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 卵子 【ランシ】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 受精卵 【ジュセイラン】 fertilized egg, fertilised egg
- 介卵 【カイラン】 brooding
Kun reading compounds
- 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
- 卵形 【らんけい】 oval shape, egg shape
- 乾燥卵 【かんそうらん】 powdered eggs, dehydrated eggs, dried eggs
- 冷凍卵 【れいとうらん】 frozen egg
Readings
- Korean:
- ran
Spanish
- huevo
- óvulo
- embrión
Portuguese
- ovo
- óvulo
- desovar
- ova de peixe
French
- oeuf
- frai
| 1000 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 990 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1359 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 199 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1527 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 386 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1058 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1135 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 254 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1054 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 751 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2857 | Morohashi |
| 849 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 632 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1422 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1526 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 857 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2644 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2e5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 7772.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5375 | Unicode hex code |