Silk

6 strokes · 63 jōyō kanji

Variant forms:糹

The radical is highlighted in color in each kanji.

糸 is the “silk” radical — Kangxi radical #120, 6 strokes. It appears in 63 of the 2,136 jōyō kanji, listed below from the simplest to the most complex with the radical highlighted in color in each one.

Components found in these kanji — tap one to keep only the kanji that contain it (highlighted in blue).

糸thread 系lineagebottom 級classleft 約promiseleft 紀chronicleleft 紅crimsonleft 糾twistleft 紙paperleft 素elementarybottom 納settlementleft 純genuineleft 紋family crestleft 紛distractleft 紡spinningleft 索cordbottom 細daintyleft 組associationleft 終endleft 経sutraleft 累accumulatebottom 紳sireleft 紹introduceleft 紺dark blueleft 絵pictureleft 結tieleft 給salaryleft 統overallleft 絶discontinueleft 紫purplebottom 絞strangleleft 絡entwineleft 続continueleft 絹silkleft 継inheritleft 緑greenleft 練practiceleft 綿cottonleft 総generalleft 維fiberleft 綱hawserleft 網nettingleft 綻be rentleft 緒thongleft 線lineleft 縄straw ropeleft 編compilationleft 緊tensebottom 締tightenleft 緩slackenleft 縁affinityleft 縦verticalleft 緯horizontalleft 緻fine (i.e. not coarse)left 縛trussleft 縫sewleft 繁luxuriantbottom 績exploitsleft 縮shrinkleft 繊slenderleft 織weaveleft 繕darningleft 繭cocoonleft 繰windingleft