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

wire netting / CL:道[dao4]

hair (on the head)

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

a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province

drizzle / fine rain

r

erhua variant of 鹹絲絲|咸丝丝[xian2 si1 si1]

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

slightly salty

Sentences with 絲

絲 currently does not appear in any sentence.