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Keyword
thread
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig1431
Old form絲
Readings
いと
(87%)
し
(12%)
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 (160 in total)
結
tied together
続
continue
終
end
線
line
緒
strap
絶
cut off
素
elementary
約
promise
組
organized group
経
Buddhist scripture
細
thin
紙
paper
練
practice
絡
entangle
級
class
納
to supply
繰
spin
緊
tense
絵
picture
純
pure
締
tighten
紅
deep red
綺
ornate
総
general
系
lineage
継
inherit
縁
connected by fate
織
weave
統
overall
繋
link together
給
supply (of something)
索
link
編
knit together
紹
introduce
緩
become loose
縮
shrink
緑
green
紫
purple
縛
tie up
絞
strangle
纏
summarize
紛
confusion
紀
era
縦
vertical
績
achievements
紋
crest (often of a family)
維
maintain
繁
grow thickly
縄
rope
潔
undefiled
網
net
紗
gauze
綾
design
縫
sew
綱
sumo belt
絆
ties
紡
to spin (yarn)
攣
bent
紐
string
繫
link together [old]
紳
gentleman
繊
fiber-like
繕
darning
綿
cotton
緯
latitude
絹
silk
綻
come apart at the seams
縋
cling
絨
carpet yarn
紺
navy blue
繍
embroidery
綴
mend
緋
scarlet
糾
twist
緻
fine
累
successive
縞
stripe
絃
catgut
縷
???
絢
gorgeous
紬
pongee
綜
synthesis
纂
redaction
繡
embroider
轡
bridle’s bit
綽
???
紆
???
欒
chinaberry tree
徽
insignia
鸞
fabulous mythical bird
緞
???
緬
fine thread
繚
put on
縊
???
繞
???
縺
tangle
繃
???
縹
light blue
繻
satin
緘
shut
絽
silk gauze
綸
twine
絣
splashed pattern (on cloth)
綯
make rope
蘊
pile up
縒
???
糺
ask
綬
gimp
繹
???
紘
chinstrap
紮
???
纈
tie-dyeing
紊
???
纐
???
縅
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor
繙
peruse
彎
stretching a bow
纒
follow around
纔
a little
纜
???
絲
thread [old]
纓
crown string
繩
rope [old]
紂
harness strap
紲
???
綏
cheap
戀
romantic love [old]
繽
scattering
緇
black clothing
綛
splashed dye pattern
辮
braid
綮
emblem on banner
緡
paper string
變
change [old]
縟
decoration
緲
faint
絁
indelicate silk
綵
colorful
縲
???
綟
yellowish green
臠
witness
縉
thin red cloth
絛
???
縡
???
繖
parasol
絏
???
櫞
kind of lemon tree
絅
thin silk
絋
cotton wadding
總
general [old]
繝
a method of dyeing
繧
???
絖
white rice
綢
be clothed in
紕
braiding
巒
small peak
繆
???
絮
???
縑
fine silk
繦
string of coins
Used in vocabulary (256 in total)
thread; yarn; string
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
253 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...