The kanji 糸: meaning, readings and stroke order

糸

Meaning: thread
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: いと ito
Strokes: 6
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 1 · grade 1
Old form: 絲

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sợi chỉ (mịch)
Japanese: いと。
Korean: 실 (멱·사)
Chinese: 线 (丝)

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading · less common

一いっ糸し
a single thread (in sayings)
みんな 一いっ糸しみだれずならびました。
Everyone lined up perfectly.

いと ito · kun reading

糸いと
thread
赤い 糸いとでぬいます。
I sew with red thread.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.