Chinese Character 茧 Meanings and components.

Form

茧

Meaning

茧 meaning[3] in English

Cocoon.

Callus.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TLMI

How to write 茧

To write茧jian3cocoon you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 虫 = 茧

茧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

茧
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:吕
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]
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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