繭

See also: 茧

繭	U+7E6D, 繭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6D

← 繬
[U+7E6C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繮 →
[U+7E6E]

Translingual

Han character

繭 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13 in Chinese, 糸+12 in Japanese, 19 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿月中戈 (TBLI) or 難廿月中戈 (XTBLI), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹⿵冂⿲糹丨虫)

cocoon
callus, blister

Derived characters

𢺃, 𣠷, 𥜲, 襺, 𨇿, 𣀺, 𣀸, 𥀹, 𧅆

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27944
Dae Jaweon: page 1379, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3320, character 2
Unihan data for U+7E6D

Chinese

trad.		繭
simp.		茧^*
alternative forms		蠒絸／𬘖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (繭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
襺	*keːnʔ
繭	*keːnʔ
蠒	*keːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 糸 (“silk”) + 虫 (“insect”) + abbreviated 黹 (“needlework”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan²
Jin (Wiktionary): jie²
Northern Min (KCR): gǎing
Eastern Min (BUC): giēng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kián / kéng / kán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaan²
  - Yale: gáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kián
  - Tâi-lô: kián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Taipei): /kiɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán
  - Tâi-lô: kán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 繭
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕian²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕian²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕian¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕian⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiã⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕian⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕian⁴²/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕyen²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiĩ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕiɪ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕie³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡siɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕiẽ⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕiẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kian³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰien³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kan³⁵/
	Nanning	/kan³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kan³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɛiŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kaiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kõi⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kin³¹/

Middle Chinese: kenX

Rime
Character	繭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古典切
Baxter	kenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ken^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ken^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ken^X/
Wang Li	/kien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ[e][n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*keːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ken^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁ[e][n]ʔ/
English	cocoon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繭
Reading #	1/1
No.	6150
Phonetic component	繭
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	繭
Old Chinese	/*keːnʔ/

Definitions

繭

Synonyms

(cocoon):

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶繭 (“silkworm cocoon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		繭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶繭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	繭子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠶繭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	繭子
	Wanrong	繭圪螻
	Xining	繭
	Xuzhou	繭扣子, 繭子, 繭兒, 蠶扣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蠶殼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	繭殼兒, 蠶繭
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蠶繭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠶繭子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠶果子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蠶繭
Cantonese	Dongguan	蠶繭
Gan	Nanchang	蠶繭, 繭
Gan	Lichuan	繭
Hakka	Yudu	蠶包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶筴, 蠶繭, 蠶包
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶包
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶繭, 繭
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶繭
	Pingyao	絲管管
	Xinzhou	繭殼子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭, 繭
Eastern Min	Fuqing	虎囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔帽, 娘仔棗, 娘仔繭, 娘帽
	Quanzhou	娘仔帽, 娘帽
	Yongchun	繭
	Zhangzhou	蠶帽
	Dongshan	棗
	Taipei	觳仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔觳
	Yilan	觳仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔觳
	Taichung	娘仔觳仔
	Tainan	蠶仔繭, 塗豆仁
	Hsinchu	娘仔觳仔
	Kinmen	娘仔繭
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔繭
	Haikou	蠶蜎
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	蠶仔絲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶繭
Wu	Shanghai	繭子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶繭
	Suzhou	繭子
	Danyang	繭殼
	Hangzhou	繭子
	Wenzhou	蠶繭
	Jinhua	蠶繭兒
Xiang	Loudi	繭子

(callus):

edit

手跉 (Hokkien, on the hand)
繭子／茧子 (jiǎnzi)
老繭／老茧 (lǎojiǎn)
胼胝 (piánzhī) (literary)
趼 (jiǎn)
趼子 (jiǎnzi)

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	繭
Kyūjitai ^[1]	繭󠄁 繭+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
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Kanji

繭

(Jōyō kanji)

a cocoon

Readings

Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kun: まゆ (mayu, 繭, Jōyō)
Nanori: まゆ (mayu)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
繭
まゆ Grade: S
kun'yomi

(Tokyo) まゆ [máꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠jɯ̟]

Noun

繭(まゆ) • (mayu)

(entomology) a cocoon

References

^ “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

繭 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繭: Hán Nôm readings: kiển, kén, kiền

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[1] “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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