纟

糹

jiǎosīpáng

radical variant

Meanings

1 side silk radical, simplified (variant of 糸)
2 left form of the silk radical, Kangxi #120

Tips

usage

纟 on the left signals threads, fabric, and the abstractions built from them: connection, ordering, classics. It is the simplified left-position form of the silk radical 糸; traditional script still writes 糹. Never written alone; the standalone form is 糸.

history

纟 came out of the 1956 simplification reform: the six-stroke traditional left-side form 糹, itself a positional variant of 糸, a pictograph of twisted silk threads, was cut to three strokes for faster handwriting. Traditional contexts still use 糹/糸 in this slot.

usage

Thread/fabric cue: 红 (red), 线 (thread/line), 纸 (paper), 给 (give), 经 (classic/warp), 结 (tie/knot), 细 (thin/fine), 绿 (green).

Radical

Silk Kangxi #120

One of the most productive radicals in the script. Tags everything related to silk, threads, ropes, weaving, and by extension organising or binding. In simplified Chinese it almost always appears as the left-side variant 纟; the full 糸 sits at the bottom of compounds.

Forms

糸 mì

Default 18 characters

纟 jiǎosīpáng

Left 118 characters

Used in

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给 gěi

to give · to; for; for the benefit of

给 jǐ

to supply · to provide

线 xiàn

line; thread; wire · route; boundary

组 zǔ

group; team · to form; to organize

红 hóng

red · popular; famous; hot (trending)

约 yuē

to make an appointment; to invite · approximately; about

Stroke Order