茧

cocoon; callus, blister; (bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])

Strokes
9
Pinyin
jiǎn

Parts

Words with 茧

  1. 作茧zuò jiǎn · zuojianto make a cocoon
  2. 茧子jiǎn zi · jianzicallus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
  3. 老茧lǎo jiǎn · laojiancallus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
  4. 蚕茧cán jiǎn · canjiansilkworm cocoon
  5. 重茧chóng jiǎn · chongjianthick callus; (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes
  6. 蚕茧纸cán jiǎn zhǐ · canjianzhipaper made from silkworm cocoons
  7. 作茧自缚zuò jiǎn zì fù · zuojianzifuto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
  8. 信息茧房xìn xī jiǎn fáng · xinxijianfang(Internet) echo chamber; filter bubble
  9. 抽丝剥茧chōu sī bō jiǎn · chousibojian(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 matter
  10. 破茧成蝶pò jiǎn chéng dié · pojianchengdielit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle; to get to a better place after going through difficult period
  11. 造茧自缚zào jiǎn zì fù · zaojianzifuto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences