漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
糸: thread
JLPT N26 strokesGrade 1Your ink: 白 Not met
6 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 綿糸めんしcotton yarn
- 抜糸するばっしするremove stitches
いとito · kun'yomi · on its own
- 糸いとthread, yarn, string
- 糸口いとぐちbeginning, start, clue
- 毛糸けいとknitting wool
- 縦糸たていとwarp
- 横糸よこいとwoof
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)糸 + 糸
Source: Wiktionary, 絲 (rev. 93448440), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for a single strand of fiber, representing the fundamental unit of all woven things and the concept of connection.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 丝 · traditional 絲 · sī
Three different forms: Japanese 糸, simplified 丝, traditional 絲.
- Simplified
- 丝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 絲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sī most common reading
False friend. Chinese also has a character 糸 (mì), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 丝 (simplified) or 絲 (traditional).
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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