Read Edit View history Discussion 茧 jiǎn cocoon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫 Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 繭 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茧 Simp strokes 茧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茧 Simp strokes 茧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 茧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 162, 648 ], [ 230, 638 ], [ 763, 704 ], [ 862, 694 ] ], [ [ 335, 761 ], [ 385, 733 ], [ 415, 564 ] ], [ [ 618, 824 ], [ 661, 783 ], [ 592, 577 ] ], [ [ 268, 458 ], [ 310, 414 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