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糸

糸 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いとたば。
  2. （「絲」の意味で）いと。
  3. （「絲」の意味で）細い線状のもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。束ねた糸を象る。「いと」を意味する漢語｛絲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

thread

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Kun (native)
  • いとElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音mi4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtMịch

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7CF8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱幺小

Words using this kanji

  • 糸いと（いと）thread, yarn, string
  • 糸口いとぐちいとぐち 参照beginning, start, first step, clue
  • 糸し（いと）thread, 0.0001, one ten-thousandth
  • 糸車いとぐるまspinning wheel
  • 糸瓜へちまへちま。sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca), Egyptian cucumber, Vietnamese luffa, dishcloth gourd
  • 糸竹しちく(traditional Japanese) musical instruments
  • 糸枠いとわくreel, spool
  • 糸目いとめfine line, weight of thread, slit-eyed
  • 糸印いとじるしthread to make seams conspicuous
  • 糸竹いとたけ(musical) strings and bamboo
  • 糸杉いとすぎ「いとすぎ」の漢字表記。cypress (Cupressus sp.)
  • 糸価しか糸とくにの相場の価格。price of silk thread
  • 糸底いとぞこbottom rim of earthenware cup
  • 糸柳いとやなぎweeping willow
  • 糸姫いとひめwoman factory worker in weaving industry
  • 糸桜いとざくらdroopy-branch cherry tree
  • 糸遊いとゆう「糸遊結び」の略。shimmering of hot air
  • 糸魚いとよthree-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
  • 糸鋸いとのこfretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw
  • 糸頭いとがしらtop component of the kanji "thread" radical

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-3
Four Corner
2090.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a0.1
Heisig
1431
Nelson
3492