Chinese Character Wiki
絲

sī

silk, threads

Duplication of 糸 (silk).

Components
糹 iconic component

糹  Iconic component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

糸 iconic component

糸  Iconic component

mì

  

silk

Evolution

絲 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
絲 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
絲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
絲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
絲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丝 (絲) 

sī

silk; fine thread; wire; strings; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; CL:條|条[tiáo]; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc

Most common words with 絲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丝

silk

粉丝

bean vermicelli

丝毫

a bit

丝绸

silk

螺丝

screw

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

䜌

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

絕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ə

si

sī

silk


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 33.9420% of movies

845th most common character in movies

1026th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

丝

Unicode

U+7D72

Shuowen

“絲，蠶所吐也。从二糸。”


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