Chinese symbol for “silk”
丝
sī
Traditional: 絲
silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
The closest CC-CEDICT match for silk is 丝 (sī), defined as: silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “silk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丝绸 (絲綢) | sī chóu | silk (cloth) |
| 帛 | bó | silk |
| 绸 (綢) | chóu | (light) silk; measure word: 匹 (pǐ) |
| 真丝 (真絲) | zhēn sī | silk; pure silk |
| 币 (幣) | bì | money; coins |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 丝袜 (絲襪) | sī wà | stockings; pantyhose |
| 丝绸 (絲綢) | sī chóu | silk (cloth) |
| 黑丝 (黑絲) | hēi sī | black pantyhose; black stockings |
| 蕾丝 (蕾絲) | lěi sī | (textiles) (loanword) lace |
See also: Japanese symbol for “silk”.
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.