繭

See also: 茧

繭	U+7E6D, 繭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6D

← 繬
[U+7E6C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繮 →
[U+7E6E]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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 X廿月中戈 (XTBLI), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹⿵冂⿲糹丨虫)

cocoon
callus, blister

References[edit]

KangXi: 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[edit]

trad.		繭
simp.		茧^*
alternative forms		蠒絸／𬘖

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (繭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
襺	*keːnʔ
繭	*keːnʔ
蠒	*keːnʔ

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan²
Jin (Wiktionary): jie²
Min Bei (KCR): gǎing
Min Dong (BUC): giēng
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): kián / kéng / kán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan²
  - Yale: gáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kián
  - Tâi-lô: kián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kiɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán
  - Tâi-lô: kán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡siɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕiẽ⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕiẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kian³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰien³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kan³⁵/
	Nanning	/kan³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kan³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kɛiŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kaiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kõi⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kin³¹/

Middle Chinese: kenX

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	/ken^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ken^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ken^X/
Wang Li	/kien^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ[e][n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*keːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ken^X ›
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[edit]

繭

Synonyms[edit]

(cocoon):

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶繭 (“silkworm cocoon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		繭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶繭
Mandarin	Beijing	繭子
	Taiwan	蠶繭
	Luoyang	繭子
	Wanrong	繭圪螻
	Xining	繭
	Ürümqi	蠶殼
	Chengdu	繭殼兒, 蠶繭
	Guiyang	蠶繭
	Xuzhou	繭扣子, 繭子, 繭兒, 蠶扣子
	Yangzhou	蠶果子
	Nanjing	蠶繭子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蠶繭
Cantonese	Dongguan	蠶繭
Gan	Nanchang	蠶繭, 繭
Gan	Lichuan	繭
Hakka	Yudu	蠶包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶筴, 蠶繭, 蠶包
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶包
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶繭, 繭
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶繭
	Pingyao	絲管管
	Xinzhou	繭殼子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蠶繭, 繭
Min Dong	Fuqing	虎囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	娘仔帽, 娘仔棗, 娘仔繭, 娘帽
	Quanzhou	娘仔帽, 娘帽
	Yongchun	繭
	Zhangzhou	蠶帽
	Dongshan	棗
	Taipei	觳仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔觳
	Yilan	觳仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔觳
	Taichung	娘仔觳仔
	Tainan	蠶仔繭, 塗豆仁
	Hsinchu	娘仔觳仔
	Kinmen	娘仔繭
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔繭
	Haikou	蠶蜎
Min Zhong	Shaxian	蠶仔絲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶繭
Wu	Shanghai	繭子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶繭
	Suzhou	繭子
	Danyang	繭殼
	Hangzhou	繭子
	Wenzhou	蠶繭
	Jinhua	蠶繭兒
Xiang	Loudi	繭子

(callus):

手跉 (Min Nan, on the hand)
繭子／茧子 (jiǎnzi)
老繭／老茧 (lǎojiǎn)
胼胝 (piánzhī) (literary)
趼 (jiǎn)
趼子 (jiǎnzi)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	繭
Kyūjitai ^[1]	繭󠄁 繭+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
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Kanji[edit]

繭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

a cocoon

Readings[edit]

Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kun: まゆ (mayu, 繭, Jōyō)
Nanori: まゆ (mayu)

Pronunciation[edit]

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

(Tokyo) まゆ [máꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun[edit]

繭(まゆ) • (mayu)

(entomology) a cocoon

References[edit]

^ “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

繭: Hán Nôm readings: kiển, kén, kiền

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[1] “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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繭

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