丝
sī · HSK 7
silk
🧵 丝 sounds like the SEE in silk; the two 幺 strands are twisted silk threads
Pictograph of two coiled silk filaments side by side, so 丝 means silk thread. As a measure word it marks a tiny trace, as thin as a single strand.
丝 — two 糸 silk threads side by side
丝 is a pictograph showing two bundles of silk threads (糸) twisted together, representing raw silk. The original form depicted skeins of silk on a spindle. It later broadened to mean any fine thread or filament, and figuratively a tiny trace or amount.