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糸 = 幺 + 小
糸 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “thread”. It is built from 幺 (cocoon) and 小 (little). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1431. It appears as a component in 84 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- thread
- RTK frame
- 1431
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いと
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- spiderman, нить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 糸 silk
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 糸
- 織 weave
- 繕 darning
- 縮 shrink
- 繁 luxuriant
- 縦 vertical
- 緻 fine
- 線 line
- 綻 come apart at the seams
- 締 tighten
- 維 fiber
- 練 practice
- 緒 thong
- 続 continue
- 絵 picture
- 統 overall
- 絞 strangle
- 給 salary
- 絡 entwine
- 結 tie
- 終 end
- 級 class
- 紀 chronicle
- 紅 crimson
- 納 settlement
- 紡 spinning
- 紛 distract
- 紹 introduce
- 経 sutra
- 紳 sire
- 約 promise
- 細 dainty
- 累 accumulate
- 索 cord
- 総 general
- 綿 cotton
- 絹 silk
- 繰 winding
- 継 inherit
- 緑 green
- 縁 affinity
…and 44 more. See them all in the interactive search.
How to find 糸 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cocoon” + “little”. 糸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 糸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.