"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

纟 character breakdown

The character 纟 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 纟 as component

to draw / to paint

= + : Helga Horse (hu) invested in a silk worm (纟) painting (绘) which she stored with an accountant (会) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). She has the accountant depict (绘) hoch much it is worth every Monday.
warp (the vertical threads in weaving) / vertical / longitudinal / north-south (lines of longitude) / lengthwise / to release / to indulge / even if

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is weaving a small blanket in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). As horizontal threads he uses silk worms (纟), and as vertical (纵) threads he uses rubber chicken (从).
old variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to investigate (纠) all the silk worms (纟) in front of the outhouse (ou1), so she gathers them together (纠) on a roast fork (丩).
to gather together / to investigate / to entangle / to correct

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to investigate (纠) all the silk worms (纟) in front of the outhouse (ou1), so she gathers them together (纠) on a roast fork (丩).
to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)

= + : The ugly ox (丑) complained about his itching belly button (纽) in front of Nefertiti (ni) in the outhouse (ou3). Promptly Nefertiti turns (纽) him around and finds that there is a silk worm (纟) looking out of his belly button (纽), which she pulls out with a wrench (纽).
line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.
Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸[Mian3 dian4])
distant / remote / detailed
fine / delicate / minute

= + : Marie Curie (xi) finds that there are many fine (纤) silk worms (纟) in front of the anthill (a1). She wants to preserve the delicate (纤) worms and thus puts a kilo (千) on them to press and dry them.
boatman's tow-rope
to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is spinning silk (纺) inside of the anglepod (ang3). He directly spins (纺) the silk produced by a silk worm (纟) on a square (方) frame.
to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap

= + : Beelzebub (b) captured Liu Bang (邦) and ties (绑) him down using a silk worm (纟) in the anglepod (ang3).
member of gentry

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to become a member of the gentry (绅) and is reading a style guide (申) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Unfortunately he doesn't quite get the book and subsequently dresses himself with live silk worms (纟).
to grab; to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]
to grab / to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]
generous / ample / wide / spacious / well-off / to grip
closely joined / connection / knot

= + : Caesar (帝) wants to have a close connection (缔) to Dorothy Gale (di). Literally. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he forms the close connection by closely joining (缔) her body to his with the help of a lot of silk worms (纟) he previously knotted (缔) together to form a rope.
cotton yarn / muslin
(light) silk / CL:匹[pi3]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) and the silk worm (纟) are working together in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) to produce very light silk (绸). Charlie is extracting its silk thread while the worm is exercising with a hula hoop (周), therefore creating a very light thread.
strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

Words with 纟

纟 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 纟

纟 currently does not appear in any sentence.