经
JLPT HSK 2

jīng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Originally the vertical threads at a loom, which resulted in "longitude", through which the weft threads pass. (latitude 纬)

	幽
JLPT HSK 4

yōu
Outside: mountain 山, inside: threads 幺/糸
When the mountain appears as if behind threads, it is secluded and hidden.

	乡
JLPT HSK 5

xiāng
Short thread 幺
Like two noses 厶 behind each other, constituting the country.

	幻
JLPT HSK 5

huàn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: hook J (cf. hook 钩)
Wanting to use a thread as a hook is: a delusion. (.. because a real hook 钓 is of metal!)

	幼
JLPT HSK 5

yòu
Left: thread 幺/糸 right: strength 力
A thread with the strength of an infant.

	黝
JLPT no HSK

yǒu
Left: black 黑 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)
The 'black' you gain from threads (= fibers) using force is: a dark green.

	纶
JLPT no HSK

lún
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
The threads are well arranged when classified.

	绮
JLPT no HSK

qǐ
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: strange, odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
The thread gets a big opportunity, when (used) in beautiful silk.

	拗
JLPT no HSK

ào, ǎo, niù
Left: hand 扌, right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)
The hand of an infant: breaks things.

	缭
JLPT no HSK

liáo
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 尞 (big 大, out of 丷, day 日, small 小)
If the tread is (stitched) to the cloth (= 日) with big and small stitches, it is dazzled.

	绚
JLPT no HSK

xuàn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 10-days period 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 [by clouds], then often for a duration of 10 days)
When (different) threads are wrapped/entangled like a sun, the whole thing is: adorned or variegated.

	缤
JLPT no HSK

bīn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
When (many) threads are 'guests', it's a confusion.

	缰
JLPT no HSK

jiāng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 畺 (borders 三 or ways limiting fields 田)
Threads or border lines between fields are used to: bridle.

	绯
JLPT no HSK

fēi
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
A thread (by its own), can not be: scarlet. (because this dark red needs a two-dimensional spread to develop the color effect)

	缄
JLPT no HSK

jiān
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty!)
The thread is salty and is sealed in a letter.