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| Traditional | 絲 |
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| Shinjitai | 糸 |
| Simplified | 丝 |
| Japanese | 糸 |
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| Simplified | 糸 |
| Traditional | 糸 |
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糸 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+0, 6 strokes,cangjie input女戈火 (VIF),four-corner22903,composition⿱幺小)
When used as aradical component on the left, JapaneseKanji and KoreanHanja use a compressed form of 糸 (with小 on the bottom, but the centre亅 stroke in 小 is written as丨 without the bottom hook), which is also the historical form found in theKangxi dictionary. Intraditional Chinese and Vietnamesechữ Hán, the standard written form of the radical is糹 (with three dots on the bottom), while insimplified Chinese the radical is written纟.
| Historical forms of the character糸 | ||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | ||
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Ancient script | Small seal script |
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Pictogram (象形): askein of silk.
| simp. andtrad. | 糸 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𢆯 | |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 糸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 莫狄切 |
| Baxter | mek |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /miek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /miek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mik6 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 糸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9024 |
| Phonetic component | 糸 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覓 |
| Old Chinese | /*meːɡ/ |
糸
| For pronunciation and definitions of糸 – see絲 (“silk;thread;thread/silk-like objects;string;thinstrip; thinshred; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of絲). |
| 糸 | |
| 絲 |
(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form絲)
| Kanji in this term |
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| 糸 |
| いと Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 絲(kyūjitai) |
FromOld Japanese, fromProto-Japonic*ito.
糸 (eumhun가는 실멱(ganeun sil myeok))
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| 糸 |
| いーちゅー Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 絲(kyūjitai) |
Cognate with mainlandJapanese糸(ito).
糸 (īchū)
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