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cocoon / callus

(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

fine silk / Kangxi radical 120

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard

callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 趼子

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

silkworm cocoon

paper made from silkworm cocoons

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard

thick callus / (literary) thick silkwaste padded clothes

to make a cocoon

(Internet) echo chamber / filter bubble

lit. to spin silk from cocoons / fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)