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茧 (jiǎn): Cocoon — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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茧

茧=艹grass+虫insect

A plant (艹) or insect cocoon that is simple (虫) — referring to a silkworm cocoon.

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Example Sentences

tā他

zǒng总

shì是

dān担

xīn心

tài太

duō多

，

zhēn真

shì是

zuò作

jiǎn茧

zì自

fù缚

。

He always worries too much, really getting caught in his own trap.

tā他

shǒu手

shàng上

cháng长

mǎn满

le了

hòu厚

hòu厚

de

jīng经

guò过

nǔ努

lì力

，

tā他

zhōng终

yú于

pò

Information

Pinyinjiǎn

Meaningcocoon

Strokes9

Radical艹

Traditional繭

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Zhuyinㄐㄧㄢˇ

UnicodeU+8327

CangjieTBLI

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的

jiǎn茧

zǐ子

。

His hands are covered with thick calluses.

破

jiǎn茧

ér而

chū出

。

After hard work, he finally broke through and started anew.

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Characters pronounced "jian".

谏jiànremonstrate, admonish
涧jiànbrook, mountain stream
笺jiānnote, memo; stationery; comments
缄jiānseal, close; bind; letter
饯jiànfarewell party; see off, send off
硷jiǎnalkaline, alkali, lye, salt

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "艹".

芮ruia surname; a type of grass
著zhùmanifest; (Cant.) to wear
茨cíthatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
藩fānfence; boundary; outlying border
蓑suōrain coat made of straw, coir, etc.
苫shānrush or straw matting

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