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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]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 絲
Shinjitai 糸
Simplified 丝

Han characterEdit

絲 (Kangxi 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

See alsoEdit

  • Chinese Numeral 絲

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

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
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

  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

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 絲

DescendantsEdit

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

糸

Kyūjitai

絲

KanjiEdit

絲

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

  1. 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)

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

  1. (명주): silk
  2. (실): thread

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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