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糸
JLPT N2 SL1 6 strokes Frequency: #1488

Meanings

Thread

Radicals

糸

Decomposition

⿱幺小

Etymology

Pictographic: A twisted strand of silk

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left
2 curve right-to-left
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 diagonal bottom-to-top
6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シ shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
いと ito

Words Using This Kanji

172 words total
Other (20 words)
練り糸 ねりいと

glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

製糸業 せいしぎょう

silk industry

銀糸 ぎんし

silver thread

花糸 かし

(flower's) filament

木綿糸 もめんいと

cotton thread

色糸 いろいと

colored thread

糸目 いとめ

fine line

糸底 いとぞこ

bottom rim of earthenware cup

糸偏景気 いとへんけいき

textile boom

糸作り いとづくり

thin strips of raw fish and squid

糸柳 いとやなぎ

weeping willow

糸入り いといり

silk or paper with cotton threads

糸価 しか

price of silk thread

糸印 いとじるし

thread to make seams conspicuous

糸巻き いとまき

spool (of thread)

糸遊 いとゆう

shimmering of hot air

糸繰り いとくり

reel

糸杉 いとすぎ

cypress (Cupressus sp.)

糸姫 いとひめ

woman factory worker in weaving industry

下糸入れ したいといれ

shuttle

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