糹

si̅ = s + Ø1

"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.

糹 character breakdown

糹
- 幺
  - 厶
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

Characters with 糹 as component

纠

糾

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

to gather together / to investigate / to entangle / to correct

纠 = 丩 + 纟 : 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).

纤

纖

xia̅n = xi + an1

fine / delicate / minute

纤 = 千 + 纟 : 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.

纺

紡

fǎng = f + ang3

to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric

纺 = 方 + 纟 : 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.

绑

綁

bǎng = b + ang3

to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap

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

绅

紳

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

member of gentry

绅 = 申 + 纟 : 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).

绰

綽

cha̅o = ch + ao1

to grab / to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]

缔

締

dì = di + Ø4

closely joined / connection / knot

缔 = 帝 + 纟 : 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.

缠

纏

chán = ch + an2

to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

缠 = 纟 + 广 + 里 : Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).

缆

纜

lǎn = l + an3

cable / hawser / to moor

绯

緋

fe̅i = f + ei1

dark red / purple silk

绣

繡

xiù = xi + ou4

to embroider / embroidery

绣 = 秀 + 纟 : Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for an embroidery (绣) talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She prepares by hiding a silk worm (纟) in her sleeve which will secretly do all the embroidering for her.

缴

繳

jiǎo = ji + ao3

to hand in / to hand over / to seize

缴 = 敫 + 纟 : Joan of Arc (ji) is happily playing her ancient musical instrument (敫) in the aorta (ao3) as the silk worm (纟) comes by to collect the taxes. Because Joan of Arc has no money on her she has no other choice but to hand over (缴) the instrument to pay her taxes (缴).

缉

緝

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

to seize / to arrest / Taiwan pr. [qi4]

缉

緝

qi̅ = qi + Ø1

to stitch finely

绵

綿

mián = mi + an2

silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)