糸

Alternative forms

 * (When used as a left radical component in Chinese)

Han character

 * 1) Shuōwén Jiězì radical №467
 * 1) Shuōwén Jiězì radical №467

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/糸

Usage notes
When used as a on the left, Japanese  and Korean  use a compressed form of 糸 (with  on the bottom, but the centre  stroke in 小 is written as  without the bottom hook), which is also the historical form found in the. In and Vietnamese, the standard written form of the radical is  (with three dots on the bottom), while in  the radical is written.

Glyph origin

 * a skein of silk.

Definitions

 * 1)  thin silk

Readings
As unsimplified kanji :

As shinjitai kanji of :

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) thread

Etymology
Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) thread