糸

See also 絲, 丝, and 纟

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• trad. 糹, simpl. 纟 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Han character

糸 (radical 120 糸+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女戈火 (VIF), four-corner 2290₃, composition ⿱幺小)

1. silk
2. KangXi radical 120 糸

Usage notes

When used as a left Chinese radical, Japanese shinjitai uses a compressed form of 糸 (with 小 on the bottom), while traditional Chinese uses 糹 (with 灬 on the bottom), and simplified Chinese uses 纟 (with 一 on the bottom).

References

• KangXi: page 915, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27221
• Dae Jaweon: page 1341, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3361, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7CF8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

糸 (Yale mik6)

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Japanese

Noun

糸 (hiragana いと, romaji ito)

1. thread

Coordinate terms

• 紐 (ひも, himo, “string”)

Kanji

糸 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi), べき (beki)
• Kun: いと (ito)

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Korean

Hanja

糸
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 사 (revised: sa, McCune-Reischauer: sa, Yale: sa)

• Name (hangeul): 가는 (revised: ganeun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

糸 (pinyin mì (mi4), Wade-Giles mi⁴), (pinyin sī (si1) Wade-Giles szu¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糸 (mịch)