繭
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See also: 茧
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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)
Derived characters
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
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 糸 (“silk”) + 虫 (“insect”) + abbreviated 黹 (“needlework”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- 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:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
- Wade–Giles: chien3
- Yale: jyǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
- Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaan2
- Yale: gáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaan2
- Guangdong Romanization: gan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: jie2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎing
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: giēng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kieŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
- (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
- Middle Chinese: kenX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*keːnʔ/
Definitions
繭
Synonyms
- (cocoon):
Dialectal synonyms of 蠶繭 (“silkworm cocoon”)
- (callus):
Compounds
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 繭 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
繭󠄁 繭+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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Kanji
繭
- a cocoon
Readings
Pronunciation
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 繭 |
| まゆ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
- (entomology) a cocoon
References
- ^ “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (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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