# 繭

| 繭 | U+7E6D, &#32365; 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 4422$_7$, composition ⿱⻀⿵冂⿲糹丨虫(T) or ⿱艹⿵冂⿲糸丨虫(J) or ⿱艹⿻巾𬗌(K))
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (jian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jie$^2$
* 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: chien$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaan$^2$
*** Yale: gáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːn³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎing
*** Sinological IPA : /kaiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giēng
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕian¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕiã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕian⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕian⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕiɛ̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕyen²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕiĩ²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕie⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕie̞⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕie⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕiɪ⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵³/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kan³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kan³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kian⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kɛiŋ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kaiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kõi⁵³/ |
| Min | 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 | gin$^2$ |
* 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
* cocoon
* callus

#### Synonyms

* (cocoon):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 繭 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶繭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 繭子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠶繭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 繭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 繭圪螻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 繭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | 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 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蠶筴, 蠶繭, 蠶包 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蠶繭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蠶包, 蠶繭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蠶包, 蠶繭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蠶包, 蠶繭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蠶包 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蠶繭, 繭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠶繭 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 絲管管 |
| Jin | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 娘仔帽, 娘帽 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 繭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蠶帽 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 棗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 觳仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 娘仔觳 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 觳仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 娘仔觳 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 娘仔觳仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蠶仔繭, 塗豆仁 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 娘仔觳仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 娘仔繭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 娘仔繭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蠶蜎 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 蠶仔絲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶繭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 繭子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶繭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 繭子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 繭殼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 繭子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠶繭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠶繭兒 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 繭子 |
* (callus):
* 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

* 作繭 / 作茧
* 作繭自縛 / 作茧自缚 (zuòjiǎnzìfú)
* 手足重繭 / 手足重茧
* 抽絲剝繭 / 抽丝剥茧 (chōusībōjiǎn)
* 百舍重繭 / 百舍重茧
* 眉繭 / 眉茧
* 破繭而出 / 破茧而出
* 繅繭 / 缫茧
* 繭兒 / 茧儿
* 繭子 / 茧子 (jiǎnzi)
* 繭巴 / 茧巴
* 繭栗 / 茧栗
* 繭眉 / 茧眉
* 繭紙 / 茧纸
* 繭絲 / 茧丝
* 繭絲牛毛 / 茧丝牛毛
* 繭綢 / 茧绸 (jiǎnchóu)
* 繭繭 / 茧茧
* 繭纖維 / 茧纤维
* 繭花 / 茧花
* 繭衣 / 茧衣
* 老繭 / 老茧 (lǎojiǎn)
* 老蠶作繭 / 老蚕作茧
* 蠶繭 / 蚕茧 (cánjiǎn)
* 足繭 / 足茧
* 重繭 / 重茧
* 魚繭 / 鱼茧

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 繭 |
| Kyūjitai | 繭󠄁 繭+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
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### Kanji

(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])
* IPA: [ma̠jɯ̟]

### Noun

繭(まゆ) • (mayu)
* (entomology) a cocoon

### References

* ↑ “繭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ 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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