Memory phrase for the character: 茧

茧

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Meaning

cocoon, callus

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: insect 虫

Mnemonic

At the plant (hangs) an insect in form of: a cocoon.

Radicals

艹	grass, plant	Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.

Vocabulary

蚕茧	cán jiǎn	silkworm cocoon
造茧自缚	zào jiǎn zì fù	to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
蚕茧纸	cán jiǎn zhǐ	paper made from silkworm cocoons
蚕茧纸	cán jiǎn zhǐ

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