Read Edit View history 繭 jiǎn cocoon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A silk 糹 cocoon 冂 spun by a worm 虫 Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 茧 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 繭 Simp strokes 繭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 繭 Simp strokes 繭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 繭 Simp strokes 繭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 繭 Simp strokes 繭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 繭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 359, 803 ], [ 392, 784 ], [ 400, 773 ], [ 431, 615 ] ], [ [ 187, 680 ], [ 245, 664 ], [ 370, 694 ], [ 385, 706 ] ], [ [ 601, 847 ], [ 616, 839 ], [ 635, 811 ], [ 611, 719 ], [ 574, 620 ] ], [ [ 636, 709 ], [ 652, 719 ], [ 774, 740 ], [ 821, 737 ], [ 841, 729 ] ], [ [ 202, 538 ], [ 230, 513 ], [ 238, 494 ], [ 242, 400 ], [ 227, 177 ], [ 204, 88 ], [ 202, 30 ] ], [ [ 260, 535 ], [ 269, 523 ], [ 283, 518 ], [ 311, 519 ], [ 509, 549 ], [ 739, 593 ], [ 771, 582 ], [ 793, 560 ], [ 810, 145 ], [ 808, 32 ], [ 792, -7 ], [ 753, 0 ], [ 682, 27 ] ], [ [ 462, 528 ], [ 492, 508 ], [ 494, 501 ], [ 491, 219 ], [ 488, 145 ], [ 479, 97 ], [ 484, 47 ] ], [ [ 345, 487 ], [ 361, 460 ], [ 326, 401 ], [ 312, 357 ], [ 341, 351 ], [ 366, 355 ], [ 372, 362 ] ], [ [ 407, 422 ], [ 416, 408 ], [ 416, 393 ], [ 363, 315 ], [ 354, 310 ], [ 341, 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219 Q 310 212 319 219 Q 373 255 419 267 C 448 275 443 283 413 279 Z", "M 419 267 Q 426 252 436 249 Q 443 246 450 256 Q 453 263 451 276 Q 445 298 411 312 Q 407 315 404 308 Q 403 305 413 279 L 419 267 Z", "M 291 150 Q 294 87 298 83 Q 302 79 310 82 Q 319 86 328 101 Q 337 119 309 172 Q 305 179 301 181 Q 297 182 292 176 Q 289 170 291 150 Z", "M 350 190 Q 363 142 376 135 Q 383 131 391 140 Q 395 146 395 160 Q 392 184 359 203 Q 355 207 351 200 Q 350 196 350 190 Z", "M 404 220 Q 419 180 430 174 Q 436 171 442 179 Q 445 185 444 196 Q 441 214 410 232 Q 406 233 404 229 Q 403 225 404 220 Z", "M 556 381 Q 552 385 532 386 Q 525 387 524 385 Q 520 381 525 372 Q 543 341 554 288 Q 557 272 566 262 Q 576 250 580 259 Q 581 266 581 276 L 579 294 Q 569 346 565 363 L 556 381 Z", "M 715 320 Q 730 360 744 373 Q 760 389 745 400 Q 732 407 714 421 Q 702 428 689 421 Q 670 409 645 401 L 614 393 Q 589 387 556 381 C 526 376 535 361 565 363 Q 572 363 583 365 Q 596 369 615 373 L 644 380 Q 651 383 663 385 Q 688 391 694 381 L 682 323 C 676 294 704 292 715 320 Z", "M 641 285 Q 681 294 718 299 Q 734 302 729 311 Q 725 317 715 320 L 682 323 Q 651 320 642 313 L 615 305 Q 596 301 579 294 C 551 283 551 274 581 276 Q 585 276 614 280 L 641 285 Z", "M 639 211 Q 640 250 641 285 L 642 313 Q 643 347 644 380 L 645 401 Q 645 416 657 500 Q 660 507 646 517 Q 624 529 608 531 Q 598 534 592 528 Q 588 524 593 513 Q 612 486 612 468 Q 613 432 614 393 L 615 373 Q 615 340 615 305 L 614 280 Q 614 244 612 204 C 611 174 638 181 639 211 Z", "M 682 224 Q 660 218 639 211 L 612 204 Q 531 188 528 187 Q 521 187 519 180 Q 518 173 523 167 Q 536 157 557 145 Q 564 144 571 149 Q 595 167 686 206 Q 687 207 692 209 C 719 222 711 232 682 224 Z", "M 692 209 Q 716 164 726 160 Q 732 159 738 165 Q 744 172 745 193 Q 745 214 693 249 Q 686 253 680 254 Q 676 253 675 245 Q 674 239 682 224 L 692 209 Z" ] } 19 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle 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