糸 — thread, string, yarn

いと糸 thread

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+7CF8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1488 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1333 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #120

Meanings

thread
string
yarn

word

いと ito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

糸(いと) ito thread 糸(いと) 車(ぐるま) itoguruma spinning wheel 毛(け) 糸(いと) keito yarn

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

金(きん) 糸(し) kinshi gold thread

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

幺 tiny

ちいさい小 little #42

Used as component in (62)

くみ組 group せん線 line ほそ細 thin かみ紙 paper え絵 picture しゅう終 end きゅう級 class れん練 practice みどり緑 green やく約 promise

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#120 糸 thread