糸

See also 絲, 丝, and 纟

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• trad. 糹, simpl. 纟 (when used as a left Chinese radical)
• 糸 itself is a Chinese character and Japanese Kyujitai Kanji. However, it is also the Japanese Shinjitai Kanji (simplified) form of Kyujitai Kanji 絲 (Traditional Chinese 絲, Simplified Chinese 丝).

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 (jyutping mik6, Yale mik6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

糸 (POJ met, Guangdong met⁷; met⁷, mit⁸ [Bao'an], Hagfa Pinyim med5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

糸 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

As Kyujitai

• On: みゃく (myaku), べき (beki)

As Shinjitai (Simplified from 絲)

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: いと (ito)

Noun

糸 (hiragana いと, romaji ito)

1. thread

Coordinate terms

• 紐 (ひも, himo, “string”)

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Korean

Hanja

糸
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 멱 (revised: myeok)

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

糸 (pinyin mì (mi4), Wade-Giles mi⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糸 (mịch)