茧
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 繭RegularTraditional
- 茧SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jiǎn jian3
- (bound form) cocoon
- (bound form) callus (variant of 趼 jiǎn)
Words with 茧
- 茧子jiǎnzicallus (patch or hardened skin)
- 重茧chóngjiǎnthick callus
- 老茧lǎojiǎncallus (patch or hardened skin)
- 作茧zuòjiǎnto make a cocoon
- 蚕茧cánjiǎnsilkworm cocoon
- 蚕茧纸cánjiǎnzhǐpaper made from silkworm cocoons
- 信息茧房xìnxījiǎnfáng(Internet) echo chamber
- 破茧成蝶pòjiǎnchéngdiélit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- 抽丝剥茧chōusībōjiǎnlit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
- 作茧自缚zuòjiǎnzìfùto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 造茧自缚zàojiǎnzìfùto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising