Chinese Character Wiki
糸

mì

silk

Pictograph of silk threads.

Evolution

糸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
糸 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
糸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
糸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

糸  

mì

silk; KangXi radical 120; fine silk; Kangxi radical 120

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (5 verified)

繫 紧 緊 累 纍 繁 紮 紥 紫 紊 絮 辮 纂 萦 縈 絛 綦 縻 絜 綮 絷

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

声 系 素 索 絲

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7CF8

Shuowen

“糸，細絲也。象束絲之形。讀若覛。，古文糸。”


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