絲

See also: 丝 and 糸

絲	U+7D72, 絲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D72

← 統
[U+7D71]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絳 →
[U+7D73]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

䜌, 㬎, 聯, 轡, 𢇅

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.		絲
simp.		丝
variant forms		𢇁𢇃

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (絲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
絲	*slɯ
蕬	*slɯ
鷥	*slɯ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 糸 + 糸.

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sī (si¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙ

(Chengdu, SP): si¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): si¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂

(Meixian, Guangdong): si¹
Jin (Wiktionary): si¹
Min Bei (KCR): sí
Min Dong (BUC): sĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): si / su

(Teochew, Peng'im): si¹
Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): sr¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙ
  - Wade–Giles: szu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
  - IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si¹
  - IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí
  - IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ
  - IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si
  - IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sr¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³/

Middle Chinese: /sɨ/▼

Rime
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ə/

(Zhengzhang): /*slɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī
Middle Chinese	‹ si ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ə/
English	silk
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12003
Phonetic component	絲
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*slɯ/

Definitions[edit]

絲

silk
items made from woven silk
silk-like object; fine thread; thin strip; thin shred
trace; speck; tinge
(music) string instrument
絲竹 / 丝竹 ― sīzhú ― string and wind instruments; music
(Buddhism, obsolete) the number 10^–4

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 絲

Descendants[edit]

→ Ancient Greek: Σήρ (Sḗr) (see silk for more details)

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

Kanji[edit]

絲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 糸)

Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

Readings[edit]

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

Compounds[edit]

語 (ご)絲 (し) (Goshi)
青 (チン)椒 (ジャオ)肉 (ロウ)絲 (スー) (chinjao rōsū)
拌 (バン)三 (サン)絲 (スー) (bansansū)

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
絲
いと Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

See 糸.

Proper noun[edit]

絲 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 糸, hiragana いと, rōmaji Ito)

a female given name
a surname

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

(명주): silk
(실): thread

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

絲 (tơ, tưa, ty, ti)

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絲

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Chinese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

See also[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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