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

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])

to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)

wisps of blood / visible veins / (of eyes) bloodshot

natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

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

hawser / steel rope

copper wire

jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)

die-hard fan

"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus

(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

golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans

Beatrix (name)

hot and sour shredded potato

axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)

Sentences with 絲

絲 currently does not appear in any sentence.