Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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
insect(Also 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


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