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糸 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
シし · shi
Kun
いとito
Meaning
thread

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Twisted threads of silk.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi綿糸めんし蚕糸さんし製糸せいし
Kunいとito糸いと糸目いとめ毛糸けいと

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 糸いと

    thread

  • 毛糸けいと

    wool yarn

More words with this kanji

  • 絹糸きぬいと
  • 蚕糸さんし
  • 繭糸けんし
  • 撚糸ねんし
  • 桛糸かせいと

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

糸(いと)で ぬいます。

I sew with thread.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

毛糸糸毛hair糺to cal…系system紆to win…紂a crup…紀chroni…子child四four巳the Sn…士samura…之of
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Compound

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