Memory phrase for the Kanji: 茧


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Meaning

cocoon, callus

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Top: plant, grass , bottom: insect

Mnemonic

At the plant (hangs) an insect in form of: a cocoon.

Radicals

grass, plant
insectAlso this radical is understood as: insect.
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Vocabulary

 蚕茧  cán jiǎn  silkworm cocoon
 造茧自缚  zào jiǎn zì fù  to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
 蚕茧纸  cán jiǎn zhǐ  paper made from silkworm cocoons
 蚕茧纸  cán jiǎn zhǐ  


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