糸

See also: 系

Translingual

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Stroke order

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 糸
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

pictogram (象形): silk.

Alternative forms

• 糹／纟 (sī) (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. KangXi radical 120 糸
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №467

Usage notes

When used as a left Chinese radical, Japanese shinjitai and traditional Chinese use a compressed form of 糸 (with 小 on the bottom), with traditional Chinese also using 糹 (with three dots 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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Chinese

simp. and trad.		糸

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mik⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): met
• Wu (Wiktionary): miq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mik⁶
    • Yale: mihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mik⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Kaohsiung)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: met
    • Hakka Romanization System: med`
    • IPA: /met̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: miq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (糸, reconstructed)
Character (糸), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 錫 (127) Tone: Checked (Ø)							Openness: Open Division: IV Fanqie: 莫狄切							Expected Mandarin reflex: mì
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/mek̚/			/mek̚/			/mɛk̚/			/mɛjk̚/			/mek̚/			/miek̚/			/miek̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (糸, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
糸					9024					糸					錫					0					覓					/*meːɡ/

Noun

糸

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

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sṳ̂
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): si

• Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Wade-Giles: szu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Kaohsiung)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´
    • IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/

Noun

糸

1. ^† Alternative form of 絲／丝 (sī). silk

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Japanese

Kanji

糸

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

Readings

As Kyujitai

• Goon: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan’on: べき (beki)

As Shinjitai (Simplified from 絲)

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: いと (ito)

Noun

糸 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 絲, hiragana いと, romaji ito)

1. thread

Coordinate terms

• 紐 ‎(ひも, himo, “string”)

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Korean

Hanja

糸 • ‎(myeok)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 멱 (revised: myeok, McCune-Reischauer: myŏk, Yale: myek)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

糸 (mịch)

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References

• Nom Foundation