silk; thread; trace

Character data

Radical ⽷ (120.6)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

絲 sī
  1. 1. silk
  2. 2. thread
  3. 3. trace
  4. 4. classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
  5. 5. (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  6. 6. CL tiáo

Words containing 絲

Word Meaning
Changde folk string opera music
filature silk
microfilament
capillary blood vessels
Iris (name)
Alice (name)
Alice Springs, town in central Australia
Alice in Wonderland
mousse (loanword)
Germain’s swiftlet bird
to spin silk
fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
spun sugar or toffee (coating); candied floss (cooking)
hair mousse (loanword)
mitosis
silk from worms fed on zhè leaves
shredded coconut
low grade; (silver) of low purity
selfless loyal worker for the Party
gossamer; hairspring
welding wire
amitosis
fuse wire
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)