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糸
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silk

HSK 10 N2
Objects →Tools →Textiles
mì
シ
いと
사
Pictograph of silk threads.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
糸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
糸 [mì]
fine silk; Kangxi radical 120
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
糸 いと
Ito female given namesurname
糸 いとざき
Itozaki surname
糸 いとむら
Itomura unclassified name
糸 いとやなぎ
Itoyanagi surname
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 糸 [いと] #2,189
thread
糸を引く [いとをひく] #13,920
to pull (the puppet) strings
⭐ 糸口 [いとぐち] #17,004
beginning
⭐ 毛糸 [けいと] #23,511
knitting wool
金糸 [きんし] #23,673
gold thread
クモの糸 [くものいと] #26,343
spider's thread
⭐ 絹糸 [きぬいと] #28,209
silk thread
銀糸 [ぎんし] #28,964
silver thread
糸目 [いとめ] #31,480
fine line
細い糸 [ほそいいと] #31,635
fine thread
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