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Kanji Detail for 絲 - "thread, threadlike, string instrument, tiny"
絲
- Meaning
絲 means "thread, threadlike, string instrument, tiny."
Thread - Twisted fiber.
Threadlike - Something thin like thread.
String instrument - A stringed musical instrument.
Tiny - An extremely small amount; one ten-thousandth.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thread
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
silk; fine thread; wire; strings
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
silk, fine thread; wire; strings
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
What silkworms produce. Can be used as raw material for silk fabrics. Anciently a unique product of China. Now many countries have it. | All that is fine is called 絲. Such as 蛛絲 (spider silk), 游絲 (gossamer), 雨絲風片 (threads of rain and flakes of wind), and such. | One of the eight sounds. Refers to qin and se instruments. Their strings are all made of silk. | A small unit name. Such as in length and weight, ten 絲 make one 毫. One hundred-thousandth of the unit.
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