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

Traditional	絲
Shinjitai	糸
Simplified	丝

Han character

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 characters

• 䜌, 㬎, 聯, 轡, 𢇅

See also

• Chinese Numeral 絲
  • Next: 忽
  • Last: 毫

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		絲
simp.		丝
alternative forms		𢇁 𢇃 糸

Glyph origin

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

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Σήρ (Sḗr, "Chinese; silkworm”)
  • → Latin: Sēres
    • English: Seres
    • Portuguese: Seres
    • Spanish: Seres
  (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 (sīrāʔ, "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.”)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

Kanji

絲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 糸)

1. Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

Readings

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

Compounds

• 語絲(ごし) (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 1

Kanji in this term
絲
いと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【糸】1 [kanji] first grade kanji Kanji reading: し, いと

(This term, 絲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

1. (명주): silk
2. (실): thread

See also

• 蠶 (누에 잠, jam) silkworm
• 蛹 (번데기 용, yong) pupa
• 繭 (고치 견, gyeon) cocoon
• 絹 (명주 견, gyeon) silk
• 絲 (명주, 실 사, sir, sil) silk, thread
• 桑 (뽕나무 상, sang) mulberry

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Vietnamese

Han character

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

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