糸 — kanji meaning “thread”
糸
thread
- Meanings
- thread
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- いと
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1488 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- mì — Chinese character page
Words with 糸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛糸 | けいと keito | knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn |
| 糸口 | いとぐち itoguchi | beginning; start; first step |
| 生糸 | きいと kiito | raw silk thread |
| 絹糸 | きぬいと kinuito | silk thread; silk yarn |
| 釣り糸 | つりいと tsuriito | fishing line |
| 金糸 | きんし kinshi | gold thread |
| 蚕糸 | さんし sanshi | silk thread; silk yarn |
| 撚糸 | ねんし nenshi | twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn |
| 綿糸 | めんし menshi | cotton yarn; cotton thread |
| 白糸 | しらいと shiraito | white thread |
| 縦糸 | たていと tateito | (weaving) warp |
| 横糸 | よこいと yokoito | weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom) |
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