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Character Decomposition
茧=艹+虫
Etymology
A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫
Meanings
(bound form) cocoon
(bound form) callus (variant of 趼 jiǎn)
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Words with 茧 58 total
Idioms with 茧 13 total Chain
(lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) · (fig.) to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter抽丝剥茧chōu sī bō jiǎnto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising · hoist with his own petard造茧自缚zào jiǎn zì fù
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