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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 繭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
茧 jiǎn - (bound form) cocoon
- (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])

List Ranking for: 茧

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 14,398 18,695 14,527

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 艹 虫

Radical:

艹

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫

Other Words Containing 茧

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
茧 - - 14,398 18,695 14,527
作茧自缚 - - 28,075 57,861 32,709
老茧 - - 28,288 53,931 37,896
茧子 - - 34,057 69,907 54,076