one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
紡紡RS 纺纺 | | spin, reel, weave, reeled pongee | - thread 糸 used for a certain purpose (direction 方)
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緑緑RS | | green, chlorine | - threads 糸 dyed with ink 录
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練練RS 练练 | | practice, drill, exercise, train | - practising 東/东 tai chi lines 糸/纟 in the morning outside/practising writing lines 糸 to write a letter 柬
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紙紙RS 纸纸 | | paper | - fabric with fibers 糸 used for officially linking one to a clan 氏
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織織RS 织织 | | weave, knit, organize, unite | - sound of the loom (like a spear) 戠 going up and down weaving thread 糸
- ⓢ person 只 weaving threads 纟
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繍繍RS | 繡𬗷 | embroider, embroidery, ornament | - pay respect 粛 to someone using thread 糸: embroider his clothes
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索索RS | 𡩡𢱢𥿟 | large rope, cable, rules, laws, to demand, to exact, to search, inquire, isolated | - RS. a string 糸 reinforced on the sides: → 𥿟 → 索: rope limited on the side: rules
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績績RS 绩绩 | | spin, achievements | - one's duty 責 to spin the thread 糸 of the silk cocoons: quite an achievement
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紫紫RS | | purple, violet, amethyst | - colour of thread 糸 of the flag of a restaurant where everybody stops eating 此 to look at it
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紺紺RS 绀绀 | | dark blue, dark reddish | - a sweet 甘 candy hanging on a thread 糸: dark blue or red colour
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糾糾RS 纠纠 | | investigate, inspect, entangle, involve | - RS. entangle 丩 with a string 糸
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綱綱RS 纲纲 | | heavy rope, hawser, main points | - net 岡/冈 of strings 糸 makes up a heavy rope
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絕絕RS 绝绝 | 絶 | discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress
| - hand desiring 巴 to cut the thread 糸/纟 with force 力
- people with open mouth ⺈ desiring 巴 a coloured 色 thread 糸 want to cut it
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絞絞RS 绞绞 | | twist, wring, intertwine, winch | - strings 糸 being mixed 交: intertwine, twist
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䜌䜌RS | | chaos, distraction, confusion, confused, continuous, uninterrupted, to tie together, to manage | - RS. original character for an entwinement of strings 糸糸: → 䜌: wrangling
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素素RS | | white (silk), plain, vegetarian, formerly, normally, elementary
| - threads 糸 made from a living 龶 thing: white silk: normal thing to be seen on the silk road and elementary for it's trade
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總總RS 总总 | 総捴摠總𢵃𢷝 揔惣 | collect, overall, altogether, always, chief | - bind things together with thread 糸 in an agitated 悤/忩 way or by hand 扌 and transported by cow 牜
- ⓢ many things 丷 collected in the heart 心 are told by the mouth 口
- cows and animals 物 are all the things dearest to the heart 心 of a farmer
- the mind 心 is always the chief of the mouth 口 or it would split 丷 altogether
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絆絆RS 绊绊 | 靽𨧘 | fetter, shackle, loop, catch | - cow before being slaughtered 半 shackled with thread 糸
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絡絡RS 络络 | | enmesh, wrap around, web, net | - each 各 thread 糸 will serve it's purpose by being either wrapped around something or being enmeshed in a web
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繼繼RS 继继 | 継 | continue, maintain, carry on, inherit | - one thread 糸 apart from other threads with knife 㡭 that will not be cut: continues
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