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絲

See also: 丝, 糸, and 𢇁
絲 U+7D72, 絲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D72
← 統
[U+7D71] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 絳 →
[U+7D73]

Translingual edit

Traditional 絲
Simplified 丝
Japanese 糸
Korean 絲

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

See also edit

  • Chinese Numeral 絲

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad. 絲
simp. 丝
alternative forms 𢇁
𢇃
糸

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 絲
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (絲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絲 *slɯ
蕬 *slɯ
鷥 *slɯ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 糸 + 糸.

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

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
Baxter si
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1
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

  1. silk
  2. items made from woven silk
  3. silk-like object; fine thread; thin strip; thin shred
  4. (music) string instrument
    絲竹／丝竹  ―  sīzhú  ―  string and wind instruments; music
  5. Classifier for extremely small quantities.
    一絲希望／一丝希望  ―  yī sī xīwàng  ―  a glimmer of hope
    一絲風都沒有／一丝风都没有  ―  yī sī fēng dōu méiyǒu  ―  There is not even a breath of wind.
  6. (Buddhism, obsolete) the number 10–4

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

糸

Kyūjitai

絲

Kanji edit

絲

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

  1. Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
絲
いと
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 絲 – see the following entry.
【糸】1
[kanji] Grade 1 kanji
Kanji reading:
し, いと
(This term, 絲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

絲(いと) • (Ito) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Korean edit

Hanja edit

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

  1. (명주): silk
  2. (실): thread

See also edit

Vietnamese edit

Chữ Hán edit

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

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