jiǎn

cocoon

A silk cocoon spun by a worm 

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Evolution

茧 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
茧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茧 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
茧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
茧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiǎn

cocoon; callus, blister; callus

() 

jiǎn

variant of |[jiǎn]

Most common words with 茧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

cocoon

老茧

also 老趼

作茧自缚

hoist by his own petard

茧子

also 趼子

蚕茧

silkworm cocoon