茧
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jiǎn jian3
- (bound form) cocoon
- (bound form) callus (variant of 趼 jiǎn)
Words with 茧
- 茧子 jiǎnzi callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 重茧 chóngjiǎn thick callus
- 老茧 lǎojiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 作茧 zuòjiǎn to make a cocoon
- 蚕茧 cánjiǎn silkworm cocoon
- 蚕茧纸 cánjiǎnzhǐ paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 信息茧房 xìnxījiǎnfáng (Internet) echo chamber
- 破茧成蝶 pòjiǎnchéngdié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- 抽丝剥茧 chōusībōjiǎn lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
- 作茧自缚 zuòjiǎnzìfù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 造茧自缚 zàojiǎnzìfù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising