Meaning & readings
weave, fabric
Origin
This character shows a strand of thread or yarn on the left (糸, which is the classifier for anything fiber-related) paired with a sound component on the right (戠) that hints at the pronunciation. The left part signals we're dealing with something made from thread, while the right part tells you roughly how to say the word. Together they represent the act of weaving thread into cloth, which is the core meaning of the character.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 糸
- 戠
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 18
- Kangxi radical
- 120
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #608 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+07E54