Moto 糸: ThreadKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- いと
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 249 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シ)
- 撚糸ねんしtwisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn
- 絹糸けんしsilk thread
- 綿糸めんしcotton yarn (thread)
- 繭糸けんしsilk thread
- 蚕糸さんしsilk thread; silk yarn
- 金糸きんしgold thread
- バンクロフト糸状虫バンクロフトしじょうちゅうWuchereria bancrofti (species of filaria)
- 一糸いっしthread; strand
- 一糸まとわずいっしまとわずstark-naked
- 一糸まとわぬいっしまとわぬstark naked
- 一糸もまとわずいっしもまとわずstark-naked; without a stitch of clothing on
- 一糸も纏わずいっしもまとわずstark-naked; without a stitch of clothing on
- 一糸一毫いっしいちごうtiny amount
- 一糸乱れずいっしみだれずin perfect order
- 一糸乱れぬいっしみだれぬperfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
- 一糸纏わずいっしまとわずstark-naked
- 一糸纏わぬいっしまとわぬstark naked
- 人造絹糸じんぞうけんしrayon
- 出糸突起しゅっしとっきspinneret (of a spider)
- 出糸管しゅっしかんspinnerule (small spinning tube on a spinneret)
- 単糸たんしsingle yarn (in spinning)
- 原糸げんしthread for weaving
- 原糸体げんしたいprotonema
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 糸いとthread; yarn
- 糸口いとぐちbeginning; start
- 横糸よこいとweft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
- 毛糸けいとknitting wool; woolen yarn
- 生糸きいとraw silk thread
- 白糸しらいとwhite thread
- 縦糸たていと(weaving) warp
- 釣り糸つりいとfishing line
- かせ糸かせいとreeled thread
- くもの糸くものいとspider's thread; spider silk
- しつけ糸しつけいとtacking; basting (thread)
- たて糸たていと(weaving) warp
- つむぎ糸つむぎいと(spun) silk thread
- よこ糸よこいとweft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
- より糸よりいとtwisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn
- カシミア糸カシミアいとcashmere yarn
- カタン糸カタンいとcotton
- ガス糸ガスいとgassed yarn
- シェニール糸シェニールいとchenille; chenille yarn
- スラブ毛糸スラブけいとslub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)
- ミシン糸ミシンいとsewing cotton
- 一の糸いちのいとfirst string (of a shamisen, etc.)
- 三の糸さんのいとthird string (of a shamisen, etc.)
- 下糸入れしたいといれshuttle
- 中糸ちゅういとmedium-sized thread
- 二の糸にのいとsecond string (of a shamisen, etc.)
- 亜麻糸あまいとflax yarn
- 仕付け糸しつけいとtacking; basting (thread)
- 凧糸たこいとkite string
- 刺糸さしいとnettling thread; stinging filament
- 刺繍糸ししゅういとembroidery thread
- 唐糸からいとChina-made thread or yarn
- 唐糸草からいとそうSanguisorba hakusanensis
- 墨糸すみいとinked marking string
Other readings
- クモの糸くものいとspider's thread; spider silk
- 十角糸瓜とかどへちまangled luffa (Luffa acutangula); Chinese okra
- 大糸掛貝おおいとかけがいprecious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)
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