絹糸

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
絹	糸
きぬ Grade: 6	いと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 絹 (kinu, “silk”) +‎ 糸 (ito, “thread”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) きぬいと [kìnúító] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝito̞]

Noun

絹糸 (hiragana きぬいと, rōmaji kinuito)

silk thread

Derived terms

絹糸草 (きぬいとそう) (kinuitosō)

See also

絹 (きぬ) (kinu, “silk”)
絹地 (きぬじ) (kinuji, “silk fabric”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
絹	糸
けん Grade: 6	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けんし [kéꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

絹糸 (hiragana けんし, rōmaji kenshi)

silk thread

Derived terms

擬 (ぎ)絹 (けん)糸 (し) (gikenshi)
絹 (けん)糸 (し)腺 (せん) (kenshisen, “sericterium”)
絹糸紡績 (けんしぼうせき) (kenshi bōseki, “silk spinning”)
酢酸絹糸 (さくさんけんし) (sakusan kenshi, “acetate fibre”)
人 (じん)造 (ぞう)絹 (けん)糸 (し) (jinzō kenshi, “rayon”)
紡績絹糸 (ぼうせきけんし) (bōseki kenshi, “spun silk”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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