丝

si̅ = s + Ø1

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 = 幺 + 一 : 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.

丝 character breakdown

丝
- 一
- 幺
  - 厶

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

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.

Characters with 丝 as component

si̅ = s + Ø1

(onom.) to hiss / to whistle / to whiz / to fizz

si̅ = s + Ø1

heron

Words with 丝

wire netting / CL:道[dao4]

canary

steel wire / tightrope

iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])

hair (on the head)

fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)

Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup

copper wire

jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)

pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yu2 xiang1]

slightly salty

axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)

hot and sour shredded potato

golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)

yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over

the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation

die-hard fan

drizzle / fine rain

a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province

Sentences with 丝

丝 currently does not appear in any sentence.