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 (12 words)

leader line

elater

needle threader

leveling line (establishing horizontality during construction)

byssus

spun silk

spun silk

Koito Industries, Limited

flax yarn

colored thread

stark naked

thread

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