糸

See also: 系, 丝, and 絲

糸	U+7CF8, 糸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CF8

← 糷
[U+7CF7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

糹 →
[U+7CF9]

⽷	U+2F77, ⽷ KANGXI RADICAL SILK

← ⽶
[U+2F76]

Kangxi Radicals

⽸ →
[U+2F78]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Japanese	糸
Simplified	糸
Traditional	糸

Stroke order

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Alternative forms[edit]

糹(纟) (When used as a left radical component in Chinese)

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 120 糸

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

Kangxi radical #120, ⽷.
Shuōwén Jiězì radical №467

Derived characters[edit]

Appendix:Chinese radical/糸
𫩹, 𡋔, 𭓂, 𢏛, 𢬡, 𣴍, 𭮑, 𫋼, 𦕱, 𫊺, 𧧈, 𮚄, 銯, 𮮷, 𡀚, 𨗰, 𧪬, 𣞿, 𨘺
𠛩, 𠬹, 𡱏, 䒺, 𣑇, 𥥮, 萦, 𫳲, 𦦆, 𮫅, 㬧, 辮, 𦹴, 乿, 𢾰, 𣪺, 顈, 颣(纇), 䘗, 彝, 彞

References[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

When used as a radical component on the left, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja use a compressed form of 糸 (with 小 on the bottom, but the centre 亅 stroke in 小 is written as 丨 without the bottom hook), which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Nom, the standard written form of the radical is 糹 (with three dots on the bottom), while in simplified Chinese the radical is written 纟 (with a 一 line below 幺 that slants upwards).

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 糸
Shang		Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Ancient script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形): a skein of silk.

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.		糸
alternative forms		𢆯

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mik⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi̍t
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁸miq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mì
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴
  - Yale: mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mik⁶
  - Yale: mihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: mid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mit̚⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁸miq
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁵miq
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: mek

Rime
Character	糸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫狄切
Baxter	mek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/mek̚/
Wang Li	/miek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/miek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	糸
Reading #	1/1
No.	9024
Phonetic component	糸
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覓
Old Chinese	/*meːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

糸

^† thin silk
^† A length unit, equal to the width of five parallel threads of silk.

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 糸 – see 絲 (“silk; items made from woven silk; etc.”). (This character, 糸, is a variant form of 絲.)

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

Kanji[edit]

糸

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 絲)

Readings[edit]

As unsimplified kanji 糸:

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
Kan-on: べき (beki)

As shinjitai kanji of 絲:

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: いと (ito, 糸, Jōyō)

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
糸
いと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
絲 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ito. Cognate with Kunigami 糸 (ひちゅー, hichū).

Noun[edit]

糸(いと) • (ito)

thread

Coordinate terms[edit]

紐(ひも) (himo, “string”)
縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

糸 (eumhun 가는 실 멱 (ganeun sil myeok))

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Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

糸

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Kun: いーちゅー (īchū, 糸)

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
糸
いーちゅー Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
絲 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 糸 (ito).

Noun[edit]

糸(いーちゅー) (īchū)

thread

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

糸: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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References[edit]

Nom Foundation

糸

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