jian3
cocoon; callus

jian3
variant of 繭|茧

strokes 9
radical
strokes after radical 6
蚕茧 蠶繭 can2 jian3
silkworm cocoon

蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙 can2 jian3 zhi3
paper made from silkworm cocoons

抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 chou1 si1 bao1 jian3
lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)

茧子 繭子 jian3 zi5
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子

老茧 老繭 lao3 jian3
callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 老趼

造茧自缚 造繭自縛 zao4 jian3 zi4 fu4
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard

作茧 作繭 zuo4 jian3
to make a cocoon

作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuo4 jian3 zi4 fu4
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard