茧 — Chinese character
茧
jiǎn
cocoon; callus, blister
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 虫
- Formation
- ideographic — A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫
- Traditional
- 繭
Common words with 茧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作茧自缚 (作繭自縛) | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard |
| 蚕茧 (蠶繭) | cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon |
| 老茧 (老繭) | lǎo jiǎn | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet) |
| 茧子 (繭子) | jiǎn zi | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet) |
| 抽丝剥茧 (抽絲剝繭) | chōu sī bō jiǎn | (lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom); (fig.) to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the |
| 作茧 (作繭) | zuò jiǎn | to make a cocoon |
| 信息茧房 (信息繭房) | xìn xī jiǎn fáng | (Internet) echo chamber; filter bubble |
| 破茧成蝶 (破繭成蝶) | pò jiǎn chéng dié | lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle |
| 蚕茧纸 (蠶繭紙) | cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| 造茧自缚 (造繭自縛) | zào jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard |
| 重茧 (重繭) | chóng jiǎn | thick callus; (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes |
English words written with 茧
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.