漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
繭: cocoon
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
艹 and 糸 carry the meaning · 冂 and 虫 are drawn in
18 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 収繭しゅうけんcocoon crop
まゆmayu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 繭まゆcocoon
- 繭玉まゆだまNew Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped…
Also read きぬ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 茧 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiǎn
Japan keeps the traditional form 繭; mainland China simplifies it to 茧.
- Simplified
- 茧 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 繭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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