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
canary
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
Shandong steamed bun with fine dough strands
the older generation (respectful term); old folk
copper wire
steel wire; tightrope
hawser; steel rope
jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
die-hard fan
iron wire
wire netting
drizzle; fine rain
fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
hair (on the head)
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang yú xiāng
slightly salty
erhua variant of xián sī sī
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