茧

See also: 繭

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 繭

Han character

茧 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一戈 (TLMI) or 難廿中一戈 (XTLMI), four-corner 4413₆, composition ⿱艹虫)

1. cocoon
2. callus, blister

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30895
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3203, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8327

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 茧 – see 繭 (“cocoon; callus”). (This character is the simplified form of 繭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		茧
simp. #		茧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

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References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11485