繭
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繭
- jiǎn (jian³) Mandarin, Pinyin
- ㄐㄧㄢˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
- gaan² Cantonese, Jyutping
- jie² Jin, Wiktionary specific
- gǎing Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
- giēng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
- kián Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- kéng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- kán Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- jiǎn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- ㄐㄧㄢˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
- jiǎn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
- chien³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
- jyǎn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
- jean Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
- цзянь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
- /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
- gaan² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
- gáan Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
- gan² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
- /kaːn³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
- jie² Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary specific
- /t͡ɕie⁵³/ Jin, Taiyuan, IPA
- gǎing Min Bei, 建甌話, 建寧羅馬字
- /kaiŋ²¹/ Min Bei, IPA, 建甌話
- giēng Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
- /kieŋ³³/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA
- kián Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
Where it comes from
會意漢字:糸 (“絲”) + 虫 (“昆蟲”) + 黹 (“針線活”) 的省略 。
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Talk about this word "繭." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B9%AD. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. 繭. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B9%AD "繭." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B9%AD.
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@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {繭},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%B9%AD},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}