Onyomi: シ · Kunyomi: いと · Meanings: thread
Kanji for thread
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糸 is formed as a single pictographic structure. It originally represents several thin threads twisted or tied together. The shape shows strands crossing and connecting. From this form, 糸 came to mean thread, string, or fiber.
糸 shows twisted threads, meaning thread or fiber.
Think of several thin strands crossing and twisting together. Those connected strands form 糸, a thread. Remember 糸 as the basic thread used to make cloth, rope, or fabric.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 糸 | いと | thread, yarn, string | common JLPT-N4 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 糸 | し | thread | Noun |
| 糸口 | いとぐち | beginning, start, first step | common Noun |
| 糸車 | いとぐるま | spinning wheel | Noun |
| 糸目 | いとめ | fine line | Noun |
| 糸瓜 | へちま | sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca), Egyptian cucumber, Vietnamese luffa, dishcloth gourd | Noun |
| 糸鋸 | いとのこ | fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw | Noun |
| 糸魚 | いとよ | three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | Noun |
| 糸を引く | いとをひく | to pull (the puppet) strings, to direct things from behind the scenes | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending |
| 糸を垂れる | いとをたれる | to fish, to have a line in the water | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb |