Radical 120

糸
糸
糸 (U+7CF8) "silk"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	mì
Bopomofo:	ㄇㄧˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	mih
Wade–Giles:	mi4
Cantonese Yale:	mihk
Jyutping:	mik6
Japanese Kana:	ベキ beki; ミャク myaku (on'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	멱 myeok
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Left) 絞絲旁/绞丝旁 jiǎosīpáng; (Bottom) 絞絲底/绞丝底 jiǎosīdǐ
Japanese name(s):	糸/いと ito; (Left) 糸偏/いとへん itohen
Hangul:	가는 실 ganeun sil
Stroke order animation

Radical 120 or radical silk (糸部) meaning "silk" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 823 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

糸 is also the 148th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with the left component forms 纟 (simp.) and 糹 (trad.) being its associated indexing components.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters (糸糹)	Characters (纟)
+0	糸 (=絲) 糹	纟 (=糹)
+1	糺 (=糾) 系 (also SC form of 繫 and 係 -> 人)
+2	糼糽糾糿	纠 (=糾)
+3	紀紁紂紃約紅紆紇紈紉	纡 (=紆) 红 (=紅) 纣 (=紂) 纤 (=纖) 纥 (=紇) 约 (=約) 级 (=級) 纨 (=紈) 纩 (=纊) 纪 (=紀) 纫 (=紉) 纶 (=綸)
+4	紊紋紌納紎紏紐紑紒紓純紕紖紗紘紙級紛紜紝紞紟素紡索紣 (=綷) 紤紥 (=紮) 紦	紧 (=緊) 纬 (=緯) 纭 (=紜) 纮 (=紘) 纯 (=純) 纰 (=紕) 纱 (=紗) 纲 (=綱) 纳 (=納) 纴 (=紝) 纵 (=縱) 纷 (=紛) 纸 (=紙) 纹 (=紋) 纺 (=紡) 纻 (=紵) 纼 (=紖) 纽 (=紐) 纾 (=紓)
+5	紨紩紪紫紬紭紮累 (also SC form of 纍) 細紱紲紳紴紵紶紷紸紹紺紻紼紽紾紿絀絁終絃 (=弦 -> 弓) 組絅絆絇絈絉絊絋^{JP nonstandard} (=纊) 経^JP (=經)	线 (=線) 绀 (=紺) 绁 (=紲) 绂 (=紱) 练 (=練) 组 (=組) 绅 (=紳) 细 (=細) 织 (=織) 终 (=終) 绉 (=縐) 绊 (=絆) 绋 (=紼) 绌 (=絀) 绍 (=紹) 绎 (=繹) 经 (=經) 绐 (=紿)
+6	絍絎絏 (=紲) 結絑絒絓絔絕絖絗絘絙絚 (=緪) 絜絝絞絟絠絡絢絣絤 (=線) 絥給絧絨絩絪絫絬絭絮絯絰統絲絳絴絵^JP (=繪) 絶^{JP/GB TC} (=絕)	絷 (=縶) 绑 (=綁) 绒 (=絨) 结 (=結) 绔 (=絝) 绕 (=繞) 绖 (=絰) 绗 (=絎) 绘 (=繪) 给 (=給) 绚 (=絢) 绛 (=絳) 络 (=絡) 绝 (=絕) 绞 (=絞) 统 (=統)
+7	絛絸 (=繭) 絹絺絻絼絽絾絿綀綁綂 (=統) 綃綄綅綆綇綈綉 (=繡) 綊綋綌綍綎綏綐綑 (=捆 -> 手) 綒經綔綕綖綗綘 (=縫) 継^JP (=繼) 続^JP (=續) 綛緐 (=繁)	绠 (=綆) 绡 (=綃) 绢 (=絹) 绣 (=繡) 绤 (=綌) 绥 (=綏) 绦 (=絛) 继 (=繼) 绨 (=綈)
+8	綜綝綞綟綠綡綢綣綤綥綦綧綨綩綪綫 (=線) 綬維綮綯綰綱網綳 (=繃) 綴綵綶綷綸綹綺綻綼綽綾綿緀緁緂緃緄緅緆緇緈緉緊緋緌緍緎総 (=總) 緑^{JP/GB TC} (=綠) 緒緔緕^JP (=纃)	绩 (=績) 绪 (=緒) 绫 (=綾) 绬 (=緓) 续 (=續) 绮 (=綺) 绯 (=緋) 绰 (=綽) 绱 (=緔) 绲 (=緄) 绳 (=繩) 维 (=維) 绵 (=綿) 绶 (=綬) 绷 (=繃) 绸 (=綢) 绹 (=綯) 绺 (=綹) 绻 (=綣) 综 (=綜) 绽 (=綻) 绾 (=綰) 绿 (=綠) 缀 (=綴) 缁 (=緇)
+9	緓緖 (=緒) 緗緘緙線緛緜 (=綿) 緝緞緟締緡 (=緜 / 愍 -> 心) 緢緣緤緥 (=褓 -> 衣) 緦緧 (=鞧 -> 革) 編緩緪緫 (=總 / 䍟 -> 网) 緬緭緮緯緰緱緲緳練緵緶緷緸緹緺緻緼^{HK/GB TC} (=縕) 緽緾 (=纏) 緿縀縁^JP (=緣) 縂縃縄^JP (=繩) 縅縆 (=絚) 縇	缂 (=緙) 缃 (=緗) 缄 (=緘) 缅 (=緬) 缆 (=纜) 缇 (=緹) 缈 (=緲) 缉 (=緝) 缊 (=縕) 缋 (=繢) 缌 (=緦) 缍 (=綞) 缎 (=緞) 缏 (=緶) 缐 (=線) 缑 (=緱) 缒 (=縋 ) 缓 (=緩) 缔 (=締) 缕 (=縷) 编 (=編) 缗 (=緡) 缘 (=緣)
+10	縈縉縊縋縌縍縎縏縐縑縒縓縔縕縖縗縘 (= 繫) 縙縚 (=絛 / 韜 -> 韋) 縛縜縝縞縟縠縡縢縣縤縥縦^JP (=縱) 縧 (=絛) 縨	缙 (=縉) 缚 (=縛) 缛 (=縟) 缜 (=縝) 缝 (=縫) 缞 (=縗) 缟 (=縞) 缠 (=纏) 缡 (=縭) 缢 (=縊) 缣 (=縑) 缤 (=繽)
+11	縩縪縫縬縭縮縯縰縱縲縳縴縵縶縷縸縹縺縻縼總績縿繀繁繂繃繄繅繆繇繉繊^JP (=纖) 繌 (=緵) 繍^JP (=繡)	缥 (=縹) 缦 (=縵) 缧 (=縲) 缨 (=纓) 缩 (=縮) 缪 (=繆) 缫 (=繅)
+12	繈 (=襁 -> 衣) 繎繏繐繑繒繓織繕繖繗繘繙 (=翻 -> 羽 / 幡 -> 巾) 繚繛繜繝繞繟繠繡繢繣繤 (=纂) 繥繧繱	缬 (=纈) 缭 (=繚) 缮 (=繕) 缯 (=繒)
+13	繋^JP (=繫) 繦 (=繈) 繨繩繪繫繬繭繮 (=韁 -> 革) 繯繰繲繳繴繵繶繷繸繹繺	缰 (=韁) 缱 (=繾) 缲 (=繰) 缳 (=繯) 缴 (=繳)
+14	繻繼繽繾繿纀纁 (=曛 -> 日) 纂纃
+15	纄纅纆纇纈纉纊纋續纍纎 (=纖) 纏纐
+16	纑纒 (=纏)	缵 (=纘)
+17	纓纔 (=才 -> 手) 纕纖
+18	纗
+19	纘纙纚纛
+21	纜纝
+23	纞

丝 (the simplified form of 絲) falls under radical 1 (一).

Variant forms

Traditional printing form of 糸 as a left component
Preferred stroke order of the left component form 糹 in regular script
Stroke order of the simplified form 纟

This radical character takes different forms in different languages and characters.

In traditional typefaces, regardless of the position of the radical character, the two turning strokes are broken into two respectively to adapt to the carving of movable type systems, and there is usually a gap between the second and the third strokes, and the middle stroke of the last three strokes is a vertical line and is written prior to the rest two strokes (middle-left-right). In actual handwriting, however, when the radical character is used as a left component, the last three strokes are more often written as dots from left to right (糹) rather than middle-left-right, especially in regular script.

Currently, when used independently or as a bottom component (as in 索, 繁, etc.), the discontinuous turning strokes are merged into one, and a hook is added to the end of the vertical line to imitate the character's handwriting form in both printed Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. When used as a left component, it is simplified as 纟 in Simplified Chinese, which is derived from the cursive form of 糹. The standard printing form of the traditional left component form 糹 is also altered to imitate the handwriting form, and the last three strokes are also written left-to-right. In addition, in mainland China's Guo Biao traditional Chinese characters, the first dot in the last three strokes of 糹 tilts to the left, while in Taiwan's Standard Form of National Characters, all three dots are written rightward. The more traditional typeface form 糸 is still widely used in Traditional Chinese publication

The traditional form remains standard in modern Japanese and Korean printing typefaces, while in handwriting, both forms are acceptable.

Traditional Typefaces Japanese Korean	Simp. Chinese	Handwriting form Trad. Chinese (Mainland China)	Handwriting form Trad. Chinese (Taiwan)
糸結	糸结	糸結	糸結

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

Unihan Database - U+7CF8

[:0-1] "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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v t e Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary
1 stroke	1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅
2 strokes	7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又
3 strokes	30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廾 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳
4 strokes	61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬
5 strokes	95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立
6 strokes	118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 襾
7 strokes	147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里
8 strokes	167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 靑 175 非
9 strokes	176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香
10 strokes	187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼
11 strokes	195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻
12 strokes	201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹
13 strokes	205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠
14 strokes	209 鼻 210 齊
15 strokes	211 齒
16 strokes	212 龍 213 龜
17 strokes	214 龠
See also: Kangxi radicals

v t e Simplified Chinese characters radicals (indexing components)
1 stroke	1 一 2 丨（亅） 3 丿 4 丶 5 乛（𠃌⺄乚乙）
2 strokes	6 十 7 厂（⺁） 8 匚 9 卜（⺊） 10 冂（） 11 八（丷） 12 人（亻入） 13 勹 14 儿 15 匕 16 几（𠘨） 17 亠 18 冫 19 冖 20 凵 21 卩（㔾） 22 刀（刂⺈） 23 力 24 又 25 厶 26 廴
3 strokes	27 干 28 工 29 土（士） 30 艹（艸） 31 寸 32 廾 33 大 34 尢（兀尣） 35 弋 36 小（⺌） 37 口 38 囗 39 山 40 巾 41 彳 42 彡 43 夕 44 夂 45 丬（爿） 46 广 47 门（門） 48 宀 49 辶（辵） 50 彐（⺕彑） 51 尸 52 己（已巳） 53 弓 54 子 55 屮（） 56 女 57 飞（飛） 58 马（馬） 59 幺 60 巛
4 strokes	61 王（玉） 62 无（旡） 63 韦（韋） 64 木（朩） 65 支 66 犬（犭） 67 歹（歺） 68 车（車） 69 牙 70 戈 71 比 72 瓦 73 止 74 攴（攵） 75 日（⺜曰） 76 贝（貝） 77 水（氵氺） 78 见（見） 79 牛（牜） 80 手（扌龵） 81 气 82 毛 83 长（镸長） 84 片 85 斤 86 爪（爫） 87 父 88 月（） 89 氏 90 欠 91 风（風） 92 殳 93 文 94 方 95 火（灬） 96 斗 97 户 98 心（忄⺗） 99 毋（母）
5 strokes	100 示（礻） 101 甘 102 石 103 龙（龍） 104 业 105 目 106 田 107 罒 108 皿 109 生 110 矢 111 禾 112 白 113 瓜 114 鸟（鳥） 115 疒 116 立 117 穴 118 疋（𤴔） 119 皮 120 癶 121 矛
6 strokes	122 耒 123 老（耂） 124 耳 125 臣 126 覀（襾西） 127 而 128 页（頁） 129 至 130 虍（虎） 131 虫 132 肉 133 缶 134 舌 135 竹（𥫗） 136 臼（𦥑） 137 自 138 血 139 舟 140 色 141 齐（齊） 142 衣（衤） 143 羊（⺶𦍌） 144 米 145 聿（肀⺻） 146 艮 147 羽 148 糸（纟糹）
7 strokes	149 麦（麥） 150 走 151 赤 152 豆 153 酉 154 辰 155 豕 156 卤（鹵） 157 里 158 足（𧾷） 159 邑（阝_right） 160 身 161 釆 162 谷 163 豸 164 龟（龜） 165 角 166 言（讠） 167 辛
8 strokes	168 青 169 龺 170 雨 171 非 172 齿（齒） 173 黾（黽） 174 隹 175 阜（阝_left） 176 金（钅） 177 鱼（魚） 178 隶
9 strokes	179 革 180 面 181 韭 182 骨 183 香 184 鬼 185 食（饣飠） 186 音 187 首
10 strokes	188 髟 189 鬲 190 鬥 191 高
11 strokes	192 黄 193 麻 194 鹿
12 strokes	195 鼎 196 黑 197 黍
13 strokes	198 鼓 199 鼠
14 strokes	200 鼻
17 strokes	201 龠
GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above.