柞蚕

柞蠶

zuòcán

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

柞蚕吃柞树的叶子长大。

Zuòcán chī zuòshù de yèzi zhǎngdà.

Tussah silkworms grow up eating oak leaves.

HSK 7-9

辽宁的山区里，农民把柞蚕放到树上去养。

Liáoníng de shānqū lǐ, nóngmín bǎ zuòcán fàngdào shù shàng qù yǎng.

In the mountains of Liaoning, farmers raise tussah silkworms out on the trees.

mistakes

柞 is read zuò here, as in 柞树 'oak'. The reading zhà belongs to the place name 柞水 in Shaanxi.

culture

Its silk, 柞蚕丝 or tussah silk, is coarser and naturally golden brown, unlike the white mulberry silk, 桑蚕丝.

柞 zuò

蚕 cán