Chinese symbol for “corns”
老茧
lǎo jiǎn
Traditional: 老繭
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corns is 老茧 (lǎo jiǎn), defined as: callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “corns”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茧子 (繭子) | jiǎn zi | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet) |
| 老趼 | lǎo jiǎn | callus; corns (on the feet) |
| 趼子 | jiǎn zi | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on the feet) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 老茧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 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 |
| 茧子 (繭子) | jiǎn zi | callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corns”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.