糸

Meaning

糸 centers on a thin, flexible strand used for binding or weaving: thread. It is the core idea behind many thread-related kanji.

• 糸いと
  N4

  thread; yarn; string

• 金糸雀カナリア

  canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

• 糸口いとぐち

  beginning; start; first step

• 毛糸けいと
  N2

  knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

• 製糸せいし

  spinning; silk reeling; filature

• 糸目いとめ

  fine line

• 菌糸きんし

  fungal filament; hypha; hyphae

• 抜糸ばっし

  removal of stitches; removal of sutures

• 金糸きんし

  gold thread

• 生糸きいと

  raw silk thread

• 糸瓜へちま

  sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; Vietnamese luffa; dishcloth gourd

• 釣り糸つりいと

  fishing line

• 糸状しじょう

  stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform

• 絹糸きぬいと

  silk thread; silk yarn

• 一糸いっし

  thread; strand; string

• 横糸よこいと

  weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

• 糸巻きいとまき

  spool (of thread); reel; bobbin

• 糸車いとぐるま

  spinning wheel

• 白糸しらいと

  white thread

• 縦糸たていと

  (weaving) warp

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