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 (经 manage, 系 connect, 结 tie, 续 continue). 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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Showing 6 of 118 · left form 纟 of 糸

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