纺
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to spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 糸 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 紡
- Common rank
- #2,817
- Unicode
- U+7EBA
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
spin · Heisig RSH #2383
thread + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 纺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纺织工业 | textile industry | |
| 纺织物 | textile material | |
| 纺织品 | textile; fabrics | |
| 家纺 | home textiles (bedding, towels, curtains, table linen etc) | |
| 纺车 | spinning wheel | |
| 纺织厂 | textile factory; cotton mill | |
| 纺织娘 | katydid; long-horned grasshopper | |
| 雪纺 | (loanword) chiffon | |
| 纺轮 | spinning wheel | |
| 纺丝 | to spin synthetic fiber; to spin silk; spinning; filature | |
| 纺织 | spinning and weaving | |
| 混纺 | mixed fabric; blended fabric | |
| 纺纱 | to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning | |
| 纺锤 | spindle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 方 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound part | square, rectangle; side; region; flag | |
| 放 | to release, to liberate, to free | |
| 房 | building, house, room | |
| 防 | to protect, to defend, to guard against | |
| 访 | to visit; to inquire, to ask | |
| 旁 | side; beside, close, nearby | |
| 仿 | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if | |
| 坊 | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill | |
| 芳 | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous | |
| 肪 | animal fat | |
| 妨 | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine | |
| 邡 | a district in Sichuan province | |
| 彷 | similar, alike; to resemble | |
| 舫 | yacht, fancy boat | |
| 昉 | dawn, daybreak; to appear | |
| 鲂 | bream | |
| 钫 | francium |