A cylindrical object for winding thread or string, used in sewing, weaving, or kite flying.
I set the bobbin in the sewing machine.
I bought a spool for kite flying.
The peg on a stringed instrument used to adjust string tension; often called 糸巻き on traditional Japanese instruments like the shamisen.
I tune the shamisen by turning the tuning pegs.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Mixed kana spelling; sometimes seen in informal contexts.
Compound of 糸 (ito, 'thread') and 巻き (maki, 'winding'), from the verb 巻く (maku, 'to wind').