絲

See also: 丝, 糸, and 𢇁

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

← 統
[U+7D71]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絳 →
[U+7D73]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Han characterEdit

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 charactersEdit

䜌, 㬎, 聯, 轡, 𢇅

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

trad.		絲
simp.		丝
alternative forms		𢇁𢇃糸

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (絲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
絲	*slɯ
蕬	*slɯ
鷥	*slɯ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 糸 + 糸.

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

(Zhuyin): ㄙ

(Chengdu, SP): si¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic): сы (sɨ, I)
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: ssŭ¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: сы (sɨ, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sr¹
  - Sinological 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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

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/

DefinitionsEdit

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
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.
(Buddhism, obsolete) the number 10^–4

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 絲

DescendantsEdit

→ Ancient Greek: Σήρ (Sḗr, “Chinese; silkworm”)
- → Latin: Sēres
(see sēricus for descendants of this)
→ Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܫܺܐܪܳܐ‎ (šērā), ܫܺܐܪܳܝܳܐ‎ (šērāyā), ܫܻܝܪܳܝܳܐ‎ (šērāyā, “silk; silk garment”)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שִׁירָאָה‎ (šērāʾā), שִּׁירָא‎ (šērā, “silk; silk garment”)
- Mandaic: ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ‎ (/šērāyā/)
- → Arabic: سِيرَاء‎ (sīrāʾ, “a kind of silk garment”)
- → Ge'ez: ሢራይ, ሥራይ, ሤራይ (śiray, śəray, śeray, “silk; silk garment”)
→? Old Korean: 糸利 (*SIli, “thread”)
- Middle Korean: 실〯 (sǐl, “id.”)
  - Korean: 실 (sil, “id.”)

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

KanjiEdit

絲

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

Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

ReadingsEdit

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: いと (ito, 絲)

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
絲
いと Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 絲 – see the following entry.

【糸いと】1

[noun] thread

(This term, 絲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

絲(いと) • (Ito) (kyūjitai, shinjitai 糸)

a female given name
a surname

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

(명주): silk
(실): thread

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

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絲

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

Derived charactersEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

CompoundsEdit

DescendantsEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Etymology 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit