糸 – thread

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The kanji 糸 means thread. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いと (ito). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	いと	ito

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 幺・小.

Words using 糸

糸いとthread毛糸けいとknitting wool

Example sentences

おばあちゃんは身をかがめて糸の付いた針を拾った。

My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.

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赤ん坊が毛糸の玉をもつれさせた。

The baby tangled the ball of yarn.

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Kanji with the same radical

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