絲

simpl.		丝
trad.		絲

See also: 丝, 糸, and 纟

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 糸 + 糸

Han character

絲 (radical 120 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火女戈火 (VFVIF), four-corner 2299₃, composition ⿰糹糸)

1. silk
2. fine thread
3. wire
4. strings
5. the number 10^-4

Descendants

• 䜌, 㬎, 聯, 轡, 𢇅

References

• KangXi: page 924, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3401, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D72

See also

• Chinese Numeral 絲
  • Next: 忽
  • Last: 毫

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Cantonese

Hanzi

絲 (simplified 丝, Jyutping si1, Yale si1)

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Japanese

Kanji

絲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: いと (ito)

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Korean

Hanja

絲 (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

1. (명주): silk
2. (실): thread

See also

• 蠶 (누에 잠, jam) silkworm
• 蛹 (번데기 용, yong) pupa
• 繭 (고치 견, gyeon) cocoon
• 絹 (명주 견, gyeon) silk
• 絲 (명주, 실 사, sir, sil) silk, thread
• 桑 (뽕나무 상, sang) mulberry

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Mandarin

Hanzi

絲 (simplified 丝, Pinyin sī (si1), Wade-Giles ssu¹)

Noun

絲 (traditional, Pinyin sī, simplified 丝)

1. silk
2. a thread-like thing
3. a tiny bit, trace

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Middle Chinese

Han character

絲 (*siə)

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Vietnamese

Han character

絲 (ti), tơ, tưa, ty