絲

Derived characters

 * 䜌, 㬎, 聯, 轡, 𢇅

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) silk
 * 2) items made from woven silk
 * 3) silk-like object; fine thread; thin strip; thin shred
 * 4)  string instrument
 * 5)  the number 10–4
 * 1)  the number 10–4
 * 1)  the number 10–4
 * 1)  the number 10–4
 * 1)  the number 10–4

Kanji

 * : thread

Hanja

 * 1) (명주): silk
 * 2) (실): thread

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) thread

Reconstruction notes
This word is only attested phonographically in two sources: a sakimori uta (Eastern Old Japanese) poem in the ' as 伊刀, and in the ' as 伊止.

The  record a placename ito1 (伊都), and the also records ito1 (伊覩), which has been connected to Modern Japanese  in Fukuoka Prefecture, and  connects this placename to this word.