糸 - mì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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6 strokes
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糸

mì

Definition

(fine) silk
graphic and meaning component (cloth, fabric...)
radical (Kang Xi 120)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (29)

系

xì

to connect; to link; to relate (to); to tie (up); to bind; to be (literary); system; department; faculty; to arrest; to worry

系

xì

system; series; department; faculty; to connect; (used with abstractions) to relate to; to bear on; to tie up; to fasten (literary); to bind (literary); to be (literary; formal)

系

xì

system; department; faculty

系

xì

to connect; to arrest; to worry

tired

to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated

累

léi

rope; to bind together; to twist around

素

sù

raw silk; white; plain; unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever

紧

jǐn

tight; taut; close; to tighten; urgent; pressing; tense; strict; hard up; short of money

紫

zǐ

purple; violet; amethyst; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye); Japanese: murasaki

索

suǒ

to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; (large) rope; cable; chord; chain; all alone; isolated; all by oneself; dull; insipid

繁

fán

complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁体, traditional form of Chinese characters

徽

huī

badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms

絮

xù

cotton wadding; (fig.) padding; long-winded

彝

yí

ancient wine vessel; ancient sacrificial vessel; Yi ethnic group; normal nature of man; laws and rules

wind around

to tie; to fasten; to button up

綦

qí

dark gray; superlative; variegated

紊

wěn

involved; tangled; disorderly; confused; chaotic; Taiwan pr. [wen4]

絷

zhí

to connect; to tie up

to tie up

marking line; pure; to regulate

繄

yī

interj.; sighing sound

fine silk gauze

small bag; sack

dangle; hang loosely

clean

embroidered banner

flaw; knot

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