Chinese Character 繭 Meanings and components.

Form

繭

Meaning

繭 meaning[3] in English

Cocoon.

Callus.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 繭 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , towel (巾) , fine silk (糸) , and lower form of … (虫)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with TBLI

How to write 繭

To write繭jian3cocoon you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … 巾jin1towel , 糸mi4fine silk 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a + shape:

艹 + 巾 + 糸 + 虫 = 繭

繭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 繭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 繭, looks as follow:

繭
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Cocoon . Callus
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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