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.

• 纪jì🔊

  order

  9 strokes

• 纣zhòu🔊

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

  9 strokes

• 𬘓xún🔊

  bind

  9 strokes

• 纡yū🔊

  winding

  9 strokes

• 纥hé🔊

  tassels

  9 strokes

• 纨wán🔊

  (literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric

  9 strokes

• 纫rèn🔊

  to thread (a needle)

  9 strokes

• 绒róng🔊

  velvet

  9 strokes

• 绔kù🔊

  variant of 褲|裤[ku4]

  9 strokes

• 绖dié🔊

  hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner

  9 strokes

• 绗háng🔊

  to quilt

  9 strokes

• 绚xuàn🔊

  adorned

  9 strokes

• 绛jiàng🔊

  purple-red

  9 strokes

• 络luò🔊

  net-like object

  9 strokes

• 绞jiǎo🔊

  to twist (strands into a thread)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 统tǒng🔊

  to gather

  9 strokes

• 𬘡yīn🔊

  generative force

  9 strokes

• 紧jǐn🔊

  tight

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 索suǒ🔊

  to search

  10 strokes

• 素sù🔊

  raw silk

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 绣xiù🔊

  to embroider; embroidery

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 继jì🔊

  to continue

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 䌸zhuàn🔊

  to tie up

  10 strokes

• 紊wěn🔊

  involved

  10 strokes

• 绠gěng🔊

  (literary) well rope (for drawing water)

  10 strokes

• 绡xiāo🔊

  raw silk

  10 strokes

• 绢juàn🔊

  thin, tough silk fabric

  10 strokes

• 绤xì🔊

  coarse hempen fabric

  10 strokes

• 绥suí🔊

  to pacify

  10 strokes

• 绦tāo🔊

  braid

  10 strokes

• 绨tí🔊

  coarse greenish black pongee

  10 strokes

• 𦈌shū🔊

  a kind of sackcloth

  10 strokes

• 𫄧yán🔊

  cap tassels

  10 strokes

• 𫄨chī🔊

  fine fibers of hemp

  10 strokes