Memory phrase for the Kanji: 丝


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Meaning

silk, thread, trace

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: 2x thread 纟/, below: one

Mnemonic

If the threads are fine like a 'one', it's silk.

Radicals

threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" .
one
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Vocabulary

 丝毫  sī háo  the slightest amount or degree; a bit
 缠丝玛瑙  chán sī mǎ nǎo  sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
 千丝万缕  qiān sī wàn lǚ  linked in countless ways
 一丝不苟  yī sī bù gǒu  not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
 贝娅特丽克丝  Bèi yà tè lí kè sī  Beatrix (name)
 蚕丝  cán sī  natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
 丝绸  sī chóu  silk cloth; silk
 螺丝钉  luó sī dīng  screw
 金丝猴  jīn sī hóu  golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
 螺丝  luó sī  screw
 钢丝  gāng sī  steel wire; tightrope
 钢丝  gāng sī  


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