茧(jiǎn): (bound form) cocoon

9 strokesTrad. 繭

(bound form) cocoon

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From 茧’s common words

作子老蚕自缚抽丝

Character information

Pinyin: jiǎn
Meaning: (bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
Strokes: 9
HSK level: —
Traditional: 繭

Origin & structureWhere 茧 comes from

Ideograph⿱艹虫

A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

艹ǎo
grass radical 草字头儿
Also in 菜茶苹花药满
虫chóng
variant of 虫
Also in 蛋虽强独触蛇

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 繭: A silk 糹 cocoon 冂 spun by a worm 虫

Words with 茧most common first

zuò作jiǎn茧

to make a cocoon

jiǎn茧zǐ子

callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子

lǎo老jiǎn茧

callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼

cán蚕jiǎn茧

silkworm cocoon

zuò作jiǎn茧zì自 fù缚

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

chōu抽 sī丝 bāo剥jiǎn茧

(lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)

zào造jiǎn茧zì自 fù缚

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

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