Keyword
cocoon
- callus
- blister
- Frequency
- #3787
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
jiǎn
Mnemonic
A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
茧
(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼 (jiǎn))
作茧自缚
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
蚕茧
silkworm cocoon
老茧
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼
茧子
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
抽丝剥茧
(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
作茧
to make a cocoon