絲

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.

絲 character breakdown

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

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.

Characters with 絲 as component

si̅ = s + Ø1

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

Words with 絲

Alice (name)

(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly

to fit tightly (idiom) / to join seamlessly / to fit snugly

Iris (name)

to spin silk

loser (Internet slang)

Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments

filature silk

microfilament

capillary blood vessels

die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard

,

one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

Alice Springs, town in central Australia

Alice in Wonderland

mousse (loanword)

(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)

lit. to spin silk from cocoons / fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)

spinneret / extrusion nozzle

julienned potato

Sentences with 絲

絲 currently does not appear in any sentence.