ㄙ

sī

silk

絲 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as sī in the first tone.

In simplified Chinese the character 丝 is used.

It is made up of the components 糹 (silk) and 糸 (silk).

  • 絲
    ㄙ

    sī

    silk

    • 糹
      ㄙ

      sī

      silk

    • 糸
      ㄇㄧ ˋ

      mì

      silk

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With <THREAD> I sew TINY stitches *across* the <[SI]LK>. They look like TINY SMALL DOTS.
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Definitions for 絲 pronounced as sī

  • silk
  • thread
  • trace
  • CL:條|条[tiao2]
  • classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc

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