Chinese Character 絲 Meanings and components.

Form

絲

Meaning

絲 meaning[3] in English

Silk.

Thread.

Trace.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 絲 can be seen as a composition of 1 main shapes where its meanings is and 'silk' radical in … (糹)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFVIF

絲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 絲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 絲, looks as follow:

絲
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Silk . Thread . Trace . (Cuisine) Shreds Or Julienne Strips . Cl:條|条[Tiao2] . Classifier: A Thread (Of Cloud, Smoke Etc), A Bit, An Iota, A Hint (Of Sth) Etc
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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