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

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Japanese	糸
Simplified	糸
Traditional	糸

Stroke order

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Alternative forms

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

Han character

糸 (Kangxi 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

Derived characters

• 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

• 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

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

Glyph origin

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

simp. and trad.		糸
alternative forms		𢆯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

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

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• 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/

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• 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

糸

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

Etymology 2

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

Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

Kanji

糸

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

Readings

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

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

糸(いと) • (ito) 

1. thread

Coordinate terms

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

Korean

Hanja

糸 (eumhun 가는 실 멱 (ganeun sil myeok))

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Okinawan

Kanji

糸

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: いーちゅー (īchū, 糸)

Etymology

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

糸(いーちゅー) (īchū) 

1. thread

Vietnamese

Han character

糸: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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References

• Nom Foundation