繭

See also: 茧
繭 U+7E6D, 繭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6D
← 繬
[U+7E6C]
CJK Unified Ideographs 繮 →
[U+7E6E]

Translingual

Han character

繭 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13 in Chinese, 糸+12 in Japanese, 19 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿月中戈 (TBLI) or 難廿月中戈 (XTBLI), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹⿵冂⿲糹丨虫)

  1. cocoon
  2. callus, blister

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27944
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1379, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3320, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7E6D

Chinese

trad. 繭
simp. 茧*
alternative forms 蠒
絸/𬘖

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 糸 (“silk”) + 虫 (“insect”) + abbreviated 黹 (“needlework”).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 繭
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕian²¹⁴/
Harbin /t͡ɕian²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕian¹³/
Jinan /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕian⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
Xining /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕian⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕian⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡ɕian⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕian⁴²/
Kunming /t͡ɕiɛ̃⁵³/
Nanjing /t͡ɕyen²¹²/
Hefei /t͡ɕiĩ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕiɪ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /ji³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕie³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡siɛ³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕiẽ⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕiẽ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /kian³¹/
Taoyuan /kʰien³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kan³⁵/
Nanning /kan³⁵/
Hong Kong /kan³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kian⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɛiŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kaiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /kõi⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kin³¹/

Rime
Character 繭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古典切
Baxter kenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kenX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kenX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛnX/
Li
Rong
/kenX/
Wang
Li
/kienX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gin2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kenX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁ[e][n]ʔ/
English cocoon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繭
Reading # 1/1
No. 6150
Phonetic
component
繭
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
繭
Old
Chinese
/*keːnʔ/

Definitions

繭

  1. cocoon
  2. callus

Synonyms

  • (cocoon):
  • (callus):

Compounds

  • 作繭/作茧
  • 作繭自縛/作茧自缚 (zuòjiǎnzìfú)
  • 手足重繭/手足重茧
  • 抽絲剝繭/抽丝剥茧 (chōusībōjiǎn)
  • 百舍重繭/百舍重茧
  • 眉繭/眉茧
  • 破繭而出/破茧而出
  • 繅繭/缫茧
  • 繭兒/茧儿
  • 繭子/茧子 (jiǎnzi)
  • 繭巴/茧巴
  • 繭栗/茧栗
  • 繭眉/茧眉
  • 繭紙/茧纸
  • 繭絲/茧丝
  • 繭絲牛毛/茧丝牛毛
  • 繭綢/茧绸 (jiǎnchóu)
  • 繭繭/茧茧
  • 繭纖維/茧纤维
  • 繭花/茧花
  • 繭衣/茧衣
  • 老繭/老茧 (lǎojiǎn)
  • 老蠶作繭/老蚕作茧
  • 蠶繭/蚕茧 (cánjiǎn)
  • 足繭/足茧
  • 重繭/重茧
  • 魚繭/鱼茧

Japanese

Shinjitai 繭
Kyūjitai
[1]

繭󠄁
繭+&#xE0101;?
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Kanji

繭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. a cocoon

Readings

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
繭
まゆ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

繭(まゆ) • (mayu) 

  1. (entomology) a cocoon

References

  1. “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

繭 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繭: Hán Nôm readings: kiển, kén, kiền

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