絲

絲 U+7D72, 絲 ← 統[U+7D71] CJK Unified Ideographs 絳 →[U+7D73] Traditional 絲 Simplified 丝 Japanese 糸 Korean 絲

絲 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 女火女戈火 (VFVIF), four-corner 22993, composition ⿰糹糸)

• 噝, 䜌, 轡, 𨶹, 鷥, 𪆓

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3401, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D72

trad. 絲 simp. 丝 alternative forms 𢇁𢇃糸

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 糸 + 糸.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

絲

1. silk (fibre, cloth, fabrics, etc.) 蠶絲／蚕丝 ― cánsī ― natural silk 絲織品／丝织品 ― sīzhīpǐn ― silk fabric; silk knit goods 絲帶／丝带 ― sīdài ― silk ribbon 絲綢之路／丝绸之路 ― Sīchóu zhī Lù ― Silk Road
2. thread; thread/silk-like objects; string; thin strip; thin shred 蜘蛛絲／蜘蛛丝 ― zhīzhūsī ― spider silk; cobweb 鐵絲／铁丝 ― tiěsī ― iron wire 鎢絲／钨丝 ― wūsī ― tungsten filament 髮絲／发丝 ― fàsī ― hair strand 粉絲／粉丝 ― fěnsī ― vermicelli
   1. (cooking) shreds; julienne strips 肉絲／肉丝 ― ròusī ― shredded meat 筍絲／笋丝 ― sǔnsī ― sliced bamboo shoots 切絲／切丝 ― qiēsī ― to cut into shreds; to julienne
3. (music) string instrument 絲竹／丝竹 ― sīzhú ― string and wind instruments; music
4. trace; tiny bit; classifier for extremely small quantities or abstract things, often in negatives. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier 絲毫／丝毫 ― sīháo ― slightest bit 一絲希望／一丝希望 ― yī sī xīwàng ― a glimmer of hope 一絲微笑／一丝微笑 ― yī sī wēixiào ― a trace of smile 一絲懷疑／一丝怀疑 ― yī sī huáiyí ― a shadow of doubt 一絲光線／一丝光线 ― yī sī guāngxiàn ― a gleam of light 一絲風都沒有／一丝风都没有 ― yī sī fēng dōu méiyǒu ― There is not even a breath of wind. 沒有一絲雲彩／没有一丝云彩 ― méiyǒu yī sī yúncǎi ― not a cloud in the sky
5. (dated) the number 10-4; 1/10000th of certain units of measure 絲米／丝米 ― sīmǐ ― decimillimetre
   1. (Mainland China) traditional unit of length equal to 1/10000th of 寸 (cùn, “Chinese inch, 1/3 decimetre”) ≈ 3.3 micrometres
   2. (Mainland China) traditional unit of weight equal to 1/10000th of 錢／钱 (qián, “mace”) = 1/1000000th of 斤 (jīn, “catty, 0.5 kilogram”) = 0.5 milligram

• → Ancient Greek: Σήρ (Sḗr, “Chinese; silkworm”)
  • → Latin: Sēres
    • English: Seres
    • Portuguese: Seres
    • Spanish: Seres

  (see sēricus for descendants of this)

• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܺܐܪܳܐ (šērā), ܫܺܐܪܳܝܳܐ (šērāyā), ܫܻܝܪܳܝܳܐ (šērāyā, “silk; silk garment”)
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שִׁירָאָה (šērāʾā), שִּׁירָא (šērā, “silk; silk garment”)
  • Mandaic: ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (ši̱raia /⁠šērāyā⁠/)
  • → Arabic: سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ, “a kind of silk garment”)
  • → Ge’ez: ሢራይ, ሥራይ, ሤራይ (śiray, śəray, śeray, “silk; silk garment”)
• →? Old Korean: 糸利 (*SIli, “thread”)
  • Middle Korean: 실〯 (sǐl, “id.”)
    • Korean: 실 (sil, “id.”)
• → Vietnamese: tơ

Chinese historical small numbers Value Character Notes 10-1 分 (fèn) Still in use. SI prefix deci-. 10-2 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) Still in use. SI prefix centi-. 10-3 毫 (háo) Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo). 10-4 絲 / 丝 (sī) Rarely used today. 秒 (miǎo) Obsolete, only in ancient texts. 10-5 忽 (hū) Rarely used today. 10-6 微 (wēi) Still in use. SI prefix micro-. 10-7 纖 / 纤 (xiān) Obsolete. 10-8 沙 (shā) Obsolete. 10-9 塵 / 尘 (chén) Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-. 10-10 埃 (āi) Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m). 10-11 渺 (miǎo) Obsolete. 10-12 漠 (mò) Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

• “絲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “丝”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 164.

Shinjitai

糸

Kyūjitai

絲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 糸)

1. Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: いと (ito, 絲)

• 語絲(ごし) (Goshi)
• 青(チン)椒(ジャオ)肉(ロウ)絲(スー) (chinjao rōsū)
• 拌(バン)三(サン)絲(スー) (bansansū)

Kanji in this term 絲 いとHyōgai kun’yomi For pronunciation and definitions of 絲 – see the following entry. 【糸】1 [kanji] first grade kanji [kanji] first grade kanji [kanji] thread (This term, 絲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

絲(いと) • (Ito)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

1. (명주): silk
2. (실): thread

• 蠶 (누에 잠, jam) silkworm
• 蛹 (번데기 용, yong) pupa
• 繭 (고치 견, gyeon) cocoon
• 絹 (명주 견, gyeon) silk
• 絲 (명주, 실 사, sir, sil) silk, thread
• 桑 (뽕나무 상, sang) mulberry

From Proto-Japonic *ito.

絲 (ito1 or ito2)

1. thread

This word is only attested phonographically in two sources: a sakimori uta (Eastern Old Japanese) poem in the Man’yōshū as 伊刀, and in the Kakyō Hyōshiki as 伊止.[1]

The Records of the Three Kingdoms record a placename ito1 (伊都), and the Nihon Shoki also records ito1 (伊覩), which has been connected to Modern Japanese 糸島 (Itoshima) in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Bentley (2008, 15) connects this placename to this word.

• 絲鹿乃山 (Itoka-no2-YAMA)

• Japanese: 糸 (ito)

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

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