| 茧 | [ jiǎn  ]    cocoon, callus | 
| 茧子 | [ jiǎn zi  ]    callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 趼子 | 
| 茧 | [ jiǎn  ]    variant of 繭|茧[jian3] | 
| ⇒ 作茧 | [ zuò jiǎn  ]    to make a cocoon | 
| ⇒ 作茧自缚 | [ zuò jiǎn zì fù  ]    to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising, hoist by his own petard | 
| ⇒ 信息茧房 | [ xìn xī jiǎn fáng  ]    (Internet) echo chamber, filter bubble | 
| ⇒ 抽丝剥茧 | [ choū sī baō jiǎn  ]    lit. to spin silk from cocoons, fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) | 
| ⇒ 破茧成蝶 | [ pò jiǎn chéng dié  ]    lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom), fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle, to get to a better place after going through difficult period | 
| ⇒ 老茧 | [ laǒ jiǎn  ]    callus (patch or hardened skin), corns (on feet), also 老趼 | 
| ⇒ 蚕茧 | [ cán jiǎn  ]    silkworm cocoon | 
| ⇒ 蚕茧纸 | [ cán jiǎn zhǐ  ]    paper made from silkworm cocoons | 
| ⇒ 造茧自缚 | [ zaò jiǎn zì fù  ]    to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising, hoist with his own petard |