silk

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting silk fibers or threads. In seal script and oracle-bone script, it represents a bundle of twisted fibers or threads, illustrating the process of drawing and twisting silk from silkworms.

Mnemonic: The shape resembles parallel threads twisted together, evoking the silk threads of ancient weaving traditions.

• 纟sī🔊

  "silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 红, 绿, 累 etc

  3 strokes

• 纠jiū🔊

  old variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]

  5 strokes

• 约yuē🔊

  to make an appointment

  HSK 3

  6 strokes

• 红hóng🔊

  red

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 级jí🔊

  level

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 纪jì🔊

  order

  6 strokes

• 糸mì🔊

  fine silk

  6 strokes

• 纡yū🔊

  winding

  6 strokes

• 纣zhòu🔊

  crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)

  6 strokes

• 纤xiān🔊

  fine

  6 strokes

• 纥hé🔊

  tassels

  6 strokes

• 纨wán🔊

  (literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric

  6 strokes

• 纩kuàng🔊

  fine floss-silk or cotton

  6 strokes

• 纫rèn🔊

  to thread (a needle)

  6 strokes

• 𬘓xún🔊

  bind

  6 strokes

• 系xì🔊

  system

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 纸zhǐ🔊

  variant of 紙|纸[zhi3]

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 纳nà🔊

  to receive

  7 strokes

• 纯chún🔊

  pure

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 纽niǔ🔊

  to turn

  7 strokes

• 纹wén🔊

  line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc)

  7 strokes

• 纬wěi🔊

  latitude

  7 strokes

• 纱shā🔊

  cotton yarn

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 纭yún🔊

  confused

  7 strokes

• 纮hóng🔊

  cord for hat

  7 strokes

• 纰pī🔊

  error

  7 strokes

• 纲gāng🔊

  head rope of a fishing net

  7 strokes

• 纴rèn🔊

  to weave

  7 strokes

• 纵zòng🔊

  vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1])

  7 strokes

• 纶lún🔊

  to classify

  7 strokes

• 纷fēn🔊

  numerous

  7 strokes

• 纺fǎng🔊

  to spin (cotton or hemp etc)

  7 strokes

• 纻zhù🔊

  variant of 苧|苎[zhu4]

  7 strokes

• 纾shū🔊

  abundant

  7 strokes

• 𬘘dǎn🔊

  silk fringe of a coronet

  7 strokes

• 线xiàn🔊

  thread

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 组zǔ🔊

  to form

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 练liàn🔊

  to practice

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 经jīng🔊

  classics

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 终zhōng🔊

  end

  8 strokes

• 细xì🔊

  thin or slender

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 绊bàn🔊

  to trip

  8 strokes

• 织zhī🔊

  to weave

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 绐dài🔊

  to cheat

  8 strokes

• 绀gàn🔊

  violet or purple

  8 strokes

• 绁xiè🔊

  variant of 紲|绁[xie4]

  8 strokes

• 绂fú🔊

  ribbon for a seal

  8 strokes

• 绅shēn🔊

  member of gentry

  8 strokes