糸
thread
6 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 1488.
Readings
- いと (kun reading): 糸 (いと) thread; 生糸 (きいと) raw silk thread
- シ (on reading): 製糸 (せいし) spinning; 菌糸 (きんし) fungal filament
- Read as a whole word: 天蚕糸 (てぐす) silkworm gut
Components
Kanji containing 糸
- 経 sutra
- 約 promise
- 統 overall
- 総 general
- 続 continue
- 結 tie
- 組 association
- 終 end
- 線 line
- 細 dainty
- 紙 paper
- 系 lineage
- 編 compilation
- 織 weave
- 給 salary
- 維 fiber
- 素 elementary
- 緊 tense
- 継 inherit
- 紀 chronicle
- 絶 discontinue
- 級 class
- 練 practice
- 締 tighten
- 絡 entwine
- 績 exploits
- 繰 winding
- 絵 picture
- 縮 shrink
- 緩 slacken
- 緒 thong
- 紹 introduce
- 納 settlement
- 紛 distract
- 純 genuine
- 綱 hawser
- 縄 straw rope
- 索 cord
- 緑 green
- 網 netting
- 繁 luxuriant
- 縦 vertical
- 絞 strangle
- 縁 affinity
- 紅 crimson
- 緯 horizontal
- 繊 slender
- 綿 cotton
- 紫 purple
- 紋 family crest
- 累 accumulate
- 紘 large
- 縫 sew
- 綾 design
- 縛 truss
- 紳 sire
- 糾 twist
- 紺 dark blue
- 紡 spinning
- 絹 silk
And 115 more.
Words using 糸
- 糸 (いと) thread
- 生糸 (きいと) raw silk thread
- 糸目 (いとめ) fine line
- 毛糸 (けいと) knitting wool
- 釣り糸 (つりいと) fishing line
- 製糸 (せいし) spinning
- 菌糸 (きんし) fungal filament
- 蚕糸 (さんし) silk thread
- 製糸業 (せいしぎょう) silk industry
- 糸球体 (しきゅうたい) glomerulus
- 天蚕糸 (てぐす) silkworm gut
- 糸冬 (おわり) end
190 words in all.