Silk Radical

mìAlias: Silk Radical

Strokes 6 strokes

Position Left

Characters 10 hanzi

Variants纟

Semantic Meaning

Chinese character radical: Silk Radical

Mnemonic Memory Tip

Silk cocoons and thread. In simplified characters it appears as (纟) on the left.

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Chinese Characters with Radical 糸 (10)

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7 strokes

系

xì / jì

tie; fasten; system; department; to tie; to fasten.

10 strokes

紧

jǐn

tight, taut, tense.

10 strokes

紊

wěn

disorder.

10 strokes

索

suǒ

large rope.

10 strokes

素

sù

plain, white silk; basic, essential element.

11 strokes

累

lèi

tired.

12 strokes

絮

xù

cotton wadding.

12 strokes

紫

zǐ

purple.

17 strokes

繁

fán

numerous.

20 strokes

纂

zuǎn

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