纤

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fine; delicate; minute

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “silk” + 千 sound ( qiān )

Components 纟千

fiber · Heisig RSH #2372

thread + 千 thousand

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
光纤分布式数据接口	guāng xiān fēn bù shì shù jù jiē kǒu	Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
纤毛动力蛋白	xiān máo dòng lì dàn bái	ciliary dynein protein
光纤分布数据接口	guāng xiān fēn bù shù jù jiē kǒu	Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
化学纤维	huà xué xiān wéi	man-made fiber
中密度纤维板	zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎn	medium-density fiberboard (MDF); abbr. to 中纖板\|中纤板[zhong1 xian1 ban3]
神经原纤维	shén jīng yuán xiān wéi	(anatomy) neurofibril
合成纤维	hé chéng xiān wéi	synthetic fiber
天然纤维	tiān rán xiān wéi	natural fiber
光纤接口	guāng xiān jiē kǒu	optical interface
神经纤维	shén jīng xiān wéi	(anatomy) nerve fiber
中间纤维	zhōng jiān xiān wéi	intermediate filament
光纤分散式资料介面	guāng xiān fēn sàn shì zī liào jiè miàn	(Tw) Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
古纤道	Gǔ Qiàn dào	Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
纤维蛋白	xiān wéi dàn bái	fibrous protein
高纤维	gāo xiān wéi	high fiber
光导纤维	guāng dǎo xiān wéi	optical fiber
人造纤维	rén zào xiān wéi	man-made fiber
多模光纤	duō mó guāng xiān	multimode fiber
单模光纤	dān mó guāng xiān	single-mode optical fiber
原纤维	yuán xiān wéi	(anatomy) fibril

Characters sharing the sound component 千 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
千 sound part	qiān	thousand; many, numerous; very
迁	qiān	to shift, to move; to transfer, to change
阡	qiān	path; a foot-path between fields
扦	qiān	to probe, to poke, to pierce, to pick at
忏	chàn	to regret, to repent; confession, penitence
仟	qiān	one thousand; leader of one thousand men