silk

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting silk fibers or threads. In seal script and oracle-bone script, it represents a bundle of twisted fibers or threads, illustrating the process of drawing and twisting silk from silkworms.

Mnemonic: The shape resembles parallel threads twisted together, evoking the silk threads of ancient weaving traditions.

• 缠chán🔊

  to wind around

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 缝fèng🔊

  seam

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 缚fù🔊

  to bind

  13 strokes

• 綂tǒng🔊

  old variant of 統|统[tong3]

  13 strokes

• 綗jiǒng🔊

  variant of 絅|䌹[jiong3]

  13 strokes

• 缙jìn🔊

  red silk

  13 strokes

• 缛rù🔊

  adorned

  13 strokes

• 缜zhěn🔊

  fine and dense

  13 strokes

• 缞cuī🔊

  mourning garments of coarse hemp

  13 strokes

• 缟gǎo🔊

  plain white silk

  13 strokes

• 缡lí🔊

  bridal veil or kerchief

  13 strokes

• 缢yì🔊

  (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation

  13 strokes

• 缣jiān🔊

  thick waterproof silk

  13 strokes

• 缤bīn🔊

  used in 繽紛|缤纷[bin1 fen1]

  13 strokes

• 网wǎng🔊

  net; web

  HSK 2

  14 strokes

• 缩suō🔊

  to withdraw

  HSK 7

  14 strokes

• 䌽cǎi🔊

  variant of 彩[cai3]

  14 strokes

• 綥qí🔊

  dark gray

  14 strokes

• 綦qí🔊

  dark gray

  14 strokes

• 綮qǐ🔊

  embroidered banner

  14 strokes

• 缥piāo🔊

  used in 縹渺|缥渺[piao1 miao3]

  14 strokes

• 缦màn🔊

  plain thin silk

  14 strokes

• 缧léi🔊

  (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner

  14 strokes

• 缨yīng🔊

  tassel

  14 strokes

• 缪móu🔊

  used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]

  14 strokes

• 缫sāo🔊

  to reel silk from cocoons

  14 strokes

• 𬙂yǐn🔊

  long

  14 strokes

• 緖xù🔊

  variant of 緒|绪[xu4]

  15 strokes

• 縂zǒng🔊

  variant of 總|总[zong3]

  15 strokes

• 縃xū🔊

  fine silk

  15 strokes

• 缬xié🔊

  knot

  15 strokes

• 缭liáo🔊

  to wind round

  15 strokes

• 缮shàn🔊

  to repair

  15 strokes

• 缯zēng🔊

  silk fabrics

  15 strokes

• 𫄶qiǎng🔊

  variant of 襁[qiang3]

  15 strokes

• 县xiàn🔊

  county

  HSK 4

  16 strokes

• 致zhì🔊

  (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey

  HSK 7

  16 strokes

• 缴jiǎo🔊

  to hand in; to hand over; to pay

  HSK 7

  16 strokes

• 萦yíng🔊

  (literary) to wind around

  16 strokes

• 縏pán🔊

  small bag

  16 strokes

• 縠hú🔊

  fine silk gauze

  16 strokes

• 縢téng🔊

  bind

  16 strokes

• 縦zòng🔊

  old variant of 縱|纵[zong4]

  16 strokes

• 缰jiāng🔊

  bridle

  16 strokes

• 缱qiǎn🔊

  used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3 quan3]

  16 strokes

• 缲qiāo🔊

  hem with invisible stitches

  16 strokes

• 缳huán🔊

  to bind

  16 strokes

• 总zǒng🔊

  (bound form) general; overall

  HSK 3

  17 strokes