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Keyword
thread
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig1431
Old form絲
Readings
いと
(86%)
し
(13%)
Composed of
幺
thread spool
小
small
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a thread spool at the top with a small needle stuck into it on the bottom. That's a lot of thread!

Used in kanji (164 in total)
結
tied together
続
continue
終
end
線
line
絶
cut off
緒
strap
素
elementary
組
organized group
約
promise
経
Buddhist scripture
細
thin
紙
paper
練
practice
絡
entangle
級
class
納
to supply
繰
spin
緊
tense
純
pure
絵
picture
締
tighten
紅
deep red
綺
ornate
系
lineage
織
weave
総
general
継
inherit
縁
connected by fate
統
overall
繋
link together
索
link
給
supply (of something)
編
knit together
緩
become loose
紹
introduce
縮
shrink
緑
green
紫
purple
縛
tie up
絞
strangle
纏
summarize
紀
era
紛
confusion
縦
vertical
績
achievements
紋
crest (often of a family)
維
maintain
繁
grow thickly
縄
rope
繫
link together [old]
潔
undefiled
紗
gauze
網
net
綾
design
縫
sew
綱
sumo belt
紡
to spin (yarn)
絆
ties
攣
bent
紐
string
紳
gentleman
繕
darning
繊
fiber-like
綿
cotton
緯
latitude
縋
cling
綻
come apart at the seams
絹
silk
絨
carpet yarn
紺
navy blue
繍
embroidery
綴
mend
緋
scarlet
糾
twist
絢
gorgeous
緻
fine
累
successive
縞
stripe
縷
???
絃
catgut
紬
pongee
繡
embroider
綜
synthesis
纂
redaction
轡
bridle’s bit
綽
???
紆
???
欒
chinaberry tree
徽
insignia
鸞
fabulous mythical bird
縊
???
糺
ask
緞
???
繩
rope [old]
縺
tangle
繚
put on
緬
fine thread
繞
???
繃
???
縒
???
縹
light blue
緘
shut
繻
satin
綯
make rope
蘊
pile up
絽
silk gauze
綸
twine
絣
splashed pattern (on cloth)
紊
???
綬
gimp
繹
???
紘
chinstrap
紮
???
纈
tie-dyeing
繙
peruse
纐
???
縅
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor
彎
stretching a bow
纒
follow around
纔
a little
絲
thread [old]
纜
???
纓
crown string
紂
harness strap
綏
cheap
紲
???
緇
black clothing
戀
romantic love [old]
繽
scattering
綛
splashed dye pattern
辮
braid
緡
paper string
綮
emblem on banner
縢
cross-stitch
縕
old cotton
變
change [old]
縟
decoration
緲
faint
巒
small peak
絁
indelicate silk
綵
colorful
綟
yellowish green
縲
???
臠
witness
縉
thin red cloth
絛
???
縡
???
繖
parasol
紕
braiding
絏
???
櫞
kind of lemon tree
絅
thin silk
綠
green [old]
絋
cotton wadding
總
general [old]
綰
bend around
繝
a method of dyeing
繧
???
絖
white rice
綢
be clothed in
繆
???
絮
???
絎
blindstitch
縑
fine silk
Used in vocabulary (285 in total)
thread; yarn; string
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
282 more...
Examples (25 in total)
Don't you have a needle and some thread?
Some common threads run through all cultures.
The threads got tangled.
22 more...