絲 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. いと。特に絹糸。
2. 糸状のもの。
3. ワイヤ
4. 弦

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

会意。「糸」×2。「いと」を意味する漢語｛絲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

thread

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• シ

Kun (native)

• いと

Other languages

• 拼音si1
• 한글sa
• Hán-ViệtTi

infoBasics

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

糸(いと)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7D72

grid_viewComponents

• 小しょう
• 幺よう
• 糸いと

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸糸

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 銯One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 糸Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-6-6

Four Corner

2299.3

Spahn–Hadamitzky

6a0.1

Nelson

3524