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Kanji for Thread
The kanji for “thread” is 糸, read shi and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
糸
thread
A thread; in Japan, the “red thread” of fate ties destined people together.
6 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading いと (ito) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: thread
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ito, shi
In Japan it appears in about 121 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 糸: Tatum 知糸夢 · Dwight 道和糸
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