# 糸

| 糸 | U+7CF8, &#31992; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CF8 |
| ← 糷 [U+7CF7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 糹 → [U+7CF9] |
| ⽷ | U+2F77, &#12151; KANGXI RADICAL SILK |
| ← ⽶ [U+2F76] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽸ → [U+2F78] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 絲 |
| Shinjitai | 糸 |
| Simplified | 丝 |
| Japanese | 糸 |
| Simplified | 糸 |
| Traditional | 糸 |

### Alternative forms

* 糹(纟) (When used as a left radical component in Chinese)

### Han character

糸 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女戈火 (VIF), four-corner 2290$_3$, composition ⿱幺小)
* Kangxi radical #120, ⽷.
* Shuōwén Jiězì radical №467

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/糸
* 銯, 䒺, 萦, 㬧, 辮, 乿, 顈, 纇(颣), 䘗, 彝, 彞
* 𫩹, 𡋔, 𭓂, 𢏛, 𢬡, 𣴍, 𭮑, 𫋼, 𦕱, 𫊺, 𧧈, 𮚄, 𮮷, 𡀚, 𨗰, 𧪬, 𣞿, 𨘺
* 𠛩, 𠬹, 𡱏, 𣑇, 𥥮, 𫳲, 𦦆, 𮫅, 𦹴, 𢾰, 𣪺

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27221
* Dae Jaweon: page 1341, character 36
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3361, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7CF8

### Usage notes

When used as a radical component on the left, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja 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 the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese and Vietnamese chữ Hán, the standard written form of the radical is 糹 (with three dots on the bottom), while in simplified Chinese the radical is written 纟.

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 糸 :
| Shang | Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Ancient script | Small seal script |
Pictogram (象形): a skein of silk.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mik$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi̍t
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$miq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mik$^6$
*** Yale: mihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: mid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mit̚⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$miq
*** MiniDict: mih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$miq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɪʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: mek
Rime :
| 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 | mik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*meːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 糸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9024 |
| Phonetic component | 糸 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覓 |
| Old Chinese | /*meːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

糸
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thin silk
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A length unit, equal to the width of five parallel threads of silk.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 糸 – see 絲 (“silk; thread; thread/silk-like objects; string; thin strip; thin shred; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 絲).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 糸 |
| Kyūjitai | 絲 |

### Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 絲)

#### Readings

As unsimplified kanji 糸:
* Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
* Kan-on: べき (beki)
As shinjitai kanji of 絲:
* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: いと (ito, 糸, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 糸雨(しう) (shiu)
* 糸瓜(へちま) (hechima)
* 蜘糸(い) (i)
* 花糸(かし) (kashi)
* 菌糸(きんし) (kinshi)
* 金糸(きんし) (kinshi)
* 絹糸(けんし), 繭糸(けんし) (kenshi)
* 抄繊糸(しょうせんし) (shōsenshi)
* 製糸(せいし) (seishi)
* 天蚕糸(てぐす) (tegusu)
* 菟糸子(としし) (toshishi)
* 麻糸(まし) (mashi)
* 綿糸(めんし) (menshi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 糸
* いと Grade: 1
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 絲 (kyūjitai)
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ito.

#### Noun

糸(いと) • (ito)
* thread

##### Derived terms

* 糸屑(いとくず) (itokuzu)
* 糸口(いとぐち) (itoguchi)
* 糸繰(いとくり) (itokuri)
* 糸車(いとぐるま) (itoguruma)
* 糸雨(いとさめ) (itosame)
* 糸杉(いとすぎ) (itosugi)
* 糸電話(いとでんわ) (itodenwa)
* 糸蜻蛉(いととんぼ) (itotonbo)
* 糸偏(いとへん) (itohen)
* 糸巻(いとまき) (itomaki)
* 糸(いと)リフト (itorifuto)
* 糸枠(いとわき) (itowaki)
* 赤(あか)い糸(いと) (akai ito)
* 麻糸(あさいと) (asaito)
* 渦糸(うずいと) (uzuito)
* 紙糸(かみいと) (kamīto)
* 生糸(きいと) (kīto)
* 絹糸(きぬいと) (kinuito)
* 毛糸(けいと) (keito)
* 白糸(しらいと) (shiraito)
* 縦糸(たていと), 経糸(たていと) (tateito)
* 釣(つ)り糸(いと) (tsuri-ito)
* 天蚕糸(てぐいと) (teguito)
* 結(むす)び糸(いと) (musubi-ito)
* 山繭糸(やままゆいと) (yamamayuito)
* 横糸(よこいと), 緯糸(よこいと) (yokoito)

##### See also

* 紐(ひも) (himo, “string”)
* 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”)

## Korean
### Hanja

糸 (eumhun 가는 실 멱 (ganeun sil myeok))
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## Okinawan
### Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いーちゅー (īchū, 糸)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 糸
* いーちゅー Grade: 1
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 絲 (kyūjitai)
Cognate with mainland Japanese 糸 (ito).

### Noun

糸(いーちゅー) (īchū)
* thread

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

糸: Hán Nôm readings: mịch
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation