| 蚕 | cán | silkworm |
| 蚕豆 | cán dòu | broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean |
| 蚕蛹 | cán yǒng | silkworm chrysalis; pupa |
| 蚕丝 | cán sī | natural silk (secreted by silkworm) |
| 蚕卵 | cán luǎn | silkworm eggs |
| 蚕种 | cán zhǒng | silkworm eggs |
| 蚕茧 | cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon |
| 家蚕 | jiā cán | the common silkworm (Bombyx mori) |
| 蚕食 | cán shí | to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively |
| 蚕蛾 | cán é | Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) |
| 春蚕 | Chūn cán | Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾 |
| 柘蚕 | zhè cán | silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘 tree |
| 沙蚕 | shā cán | a sand worm (genus Nereis) |
| 白僵蚕 | bái jiāng cán | the larva of silkworm with batrytis |
| 蚕丛 | Cán Cóng | Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture |
| 蚕子 | cán zǐ | silkworm eggs |
| 蚕宝宝 | cán bǎo bǎo | silkworm |
| 蚕山 | cán shān | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) |
| 蚕沙 | cán shā | silkworm guano (excrement) |
| 蚕眠 | cán mián | hibernation period of silkworms |
| 蚕眠字 | cán mián zì | handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm |
| 蚕箔 | cán bó | tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture |
| 蚕纸 | cán zhǐ | paper on which silkworm lays its eggs |
| 蚕茧纸 | cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| 蚕蔟 | cán cù | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) |
| 蚕薄 | cán bó | variant of 蚕箔 |
| 蚕蚁 | cán yǐ | newly hatched silkworm |
| 蚕豆症 | cán dòu zhèng | G6PD deficiency |
| 蚕农 | cán nóng | sericulture; raising silkworms |
| 养蚕 | yǎng cán | to raise silkworms |
| 养蚕业 | yǎng cán yè | silk industry |
