Chinese symbol for “jot”
纹丝
wén sī
Traditional: 紋絲
tiny bit; a jot; whisker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jot is 纹丝 (wén sī), defined as: tiny bit; a jot; whisker.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纹丝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 指纹 (指紋) | zhǐ wén | fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers |
| 纹身 (紋身) | wén shēn | variant of 文身 (wén shēn) |
| 条纹 (條紋) | tiáo wén | stripe |
| 花纹 (花紋) | huā wén | decorative design |
| 皱纹 (皺紋) | zhòu wén | wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 纹理 (紋理) | wén lǐ | vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc) |
| 粉丝 (粉絲) | fěn sī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") |
| 丝毫 (絲毫) | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree; a bit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “jot”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.