繭
繭 — gyeon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 고치 견
- Romanization
- gyeon
- English
- cocoon; callus, blister
- Mandarin
- jiǎn
- Japanese on'yomi
- ケン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- まゆ きぬ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,495 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 糸 (120, 13 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7E6D
How 繭 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 繭 as a ideographic compound involving 糸, 虫, 黹.
Korean example words with 繭
- 견형繭形 Korean gloss: 고치의 모양.
- 견가繭價 Korean gloss: 누에고치의 값.
- 구견購繭 Korean gloss: 누에고치를 삼.
- 견질繭質 Korean gloss: 누에고치의 품질.
- 하견夏繭 Korean gloss: 여름누에의 고치.
- 견잠繭蠶 Korean gloss: 고치를 지은 누에.
- 생견生繭 Korean gloss: 말리지 아니한 고치.
- 견박繭箔 Korean gloss: 누에고치를 담는 채반.
- 설견屑繭 Korean gloss: 추리고 남은 누에고치.
- 견병繭餠 Korean gloss: 누에고치처럼 생긴 강정.
- 상견上繭 Korean gloss: 품질이 상품인 누에고치.
- 면견綿繭 Korean gloss: 풀솜을 뽑는 허드레 고치.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 繭
- 繭まゆ cocoon
- 収繭しゅうけん cocoon crop
- 繭価まゆか price of a cocoon
- 繭玉まゆだま New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
- 春繭はるまゆ spring cocoon crop
- 山繭やままゆ Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
- 玉繭たままゆ dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; cocoon
- 屑繭くずまゆ waste cocoon (silk); bad cocoon; damaged cocoon
- 黄繭こうけん yellow cocoon
- 蚕繭さんけん silkworm cocoon
- 産繭さんけん (silkworm) cocoon production
- 生繭せいけん raw cocoon
Other hanja read “견”
Other hanja with radical 糸
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