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丝 (Trad.: 絲)
Pinyin: sī
English Definition: silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; Classifiers: 条 ; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
Chinese Definition:
①蚕吐出的像线的东西，是织绸缎等的原料：蚕丝。丝绸。缂丝(中国特有的一种丝织的手工艺品。亦作“刻丝”)。
②像丝的东西：铁丝。菌丝。肉丝。游丝。
③细微，极小：一丝不苟。
④绵长的思绪或感情：情丝。愁丝。
⑤中国市制重量单位(一丝等于千分之一分)：丝毫(喻极少，极小，一点儿)。丝恩发怨(指极小的恩怨)。
⑥公制长度单位，一米的十万分之一(亦称“忽米”、“道”)。
⑦指弦乐器：丝竹(琴、瑟、箫、笛等乐器的总称。“竹”指管乐器)。
⑧中国古代乐器八音之一。
Total strokes: 5; Radical: 一
Ideographic: Simplified form of 絲, two threads
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • ⿰ Left to right
      • 一 [ yī ] one; a, an; alone
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    Example Words
    丝毫 sī háo the slightest amount or degree; a bit
    丝绸之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road
    丝绸 sī chóu silk cloth; silk
    一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
    铁丝 tiě sī iron wire; Classifiers: 根
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