纺
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方
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纟
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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.
silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
丝
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幺
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一
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Socrates locked himself out of the space station! To call the other astronauts for help, he attaches some silk cloth to a flute and waves it like a flag.