絲

See also: 丝, 糸, and 𢇁

絲	U+7D72, 絲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D72

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Traditional	絲
Simplified	丝
Japanese	糸
Korean	絲

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Han character

絲 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火女戈火 (VFVIF), four-corner 2299₃, composition ⿰糹糸)

Derived characters

噝, 䜌, 轡, 𨶹, 鷥, 𪆓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27448

Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3401, character 1

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trad.		絲
simp.		丝
alternative forms		𢇁𢇃糸

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 絲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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	Old Chinese
絲	*slɯ
蕬	*slɯ
鷥	*slɯ

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Characters in the same phonetic series (絲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 糸 + 糸.

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Baxter	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī
Middle Chinese	‹ si ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ə/
English	silk
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12003
Phonetic component	絲
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*slɯ/

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sī (si¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сы (sɨ, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂

(Meixian, Guangdong): si¹
Jin (Wiktionary): si¹
Northern Min (KCR): sí
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): si / su

(Teochew, Peng'im): si¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sr¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sih
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сы (sɨ, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sy
  - MiniDict: sy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sr¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³/

Middle Chinese: si

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ə/

(Zhengzhang): /*slɯ/

Definitions

絲

silk (fiber, cloth, fabrics, etc.)
蠶絲／蚕丝 ― cánsī ― natural silk

絲織品／丝织品 ― sīzhīpǐn ― silk fabric; silk knit goods

絲帶／丝带 ― sīdài ― silk ribbon

絲綢之路／丝绸之路 ― Sīchóu zhī Lù ― Silk Road
thread; thread/silk-like objects; string; thin strip; thin shred
蜘蛛絲／蜘蛛丝 ― zhīzhūsī ― spider silk; cobweb

鐵絲／铁丝 ― tiěsī ― iron wire

鎢絲／钨丝 ― wūsī ― tungsten filament

髮絲／发丝 ― fàsī ― hair strand

粉絲／粉丝 ― fěnsī ― vermicelli
1. (cooking) shreds; julienne strips
  肉絲／肉丝 ― ròusī ― shredded meat
  
  筍絲／笋丝 ― sǔnsī ― sliced bamboo shoots
  
  切絲／切丝 ― qiēsī ― to cut into shreds; to julienne
(music) string instrument
絲竹／丝竹 ― sīzhú ― string and wind instruments; music
trace; tiny bit; classifier for extremely small quantities or abstract things, often in negatives. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
絲毫／丝毫 ― sīháo ― slightest bit

一絲希望／一丝希望 ― yī sī xīwàng ― a glimmer of hope

一絲微笑／一丝微笑 ― yī sī wēixiào ― a trace of smile

一絲懷疑／一丝怀疑 ― yī sī huáiyí ― a shadow of doubt

一絲光線／一丝光线 ― yī sī guāngxiàn ― a gleam of light

一絲風都沒有／一丝风都没有 ― yī sī fēng dōu méiyǒu ― There is not even a breath of wind.

沒有一絲雲彩／没有一丝云彩 ― méiyǒu yī sī yúncǎi ― not a cloud in the sky
(dated) the number 10^-4; 1/10000th of certain units of measure
絲米／丝米 ― sīmǐ ― decimillimeter
1. (Mainland China) traditional unit of length equal to 1/10000th of 寸 (cùn, “Chinese inch, ¹/₃ decimeter”) ≈ 3.3 micron
2. (Mainland China) traditional unit of weight equal to 1/10000th of 錢／钱 (qián, “mace”) = 1/1000000th of 斤 (jīn, “catty, 0.5 kilogram”) = 0.5 milligram

Compounds

一窩絲 / 一窝丝
一絲 / 一丝 (yīsī)
一絲一毫 / 一丝一毫 (yīsīyīháo)
一絲不掛 / 一丝不挂 (yīsībùguà)
一絲不苟 / 一丝不苟 (yīsībùgǒu)
一絲兩氣 / 一丝两气
一絲兩縷 / 一丝两缕
一絲半氣 / 一丝半气
一絲半粟 / 一丝半粟
一絲半絲 / 一丝半丝
一絲絲 / 一丝丝 (yīsīsī)
七絲 / 七丝
乾絲 / 干丝
保險絲 / 保险丝 (bǎoxiǎnsī)
克絲鉗子 / 克丝钳子
兔絲 / 兔丝
兔絲燕麥 / 兔丝燕麦
公絲 / 公丝
冷絲絲 / 冷丝丝
切絲 / 切丝 (qiēsī)
分釐毫絲 / 分釐毫丝
刺絲 / 刺丝
刻絲 / 刻丝 (kèsī)
刺絲鞭 / 刺丝鞭
千絲萬縷 / 千丝万缕 (qiānsīwànlǚ)
半絲麻線 / 半丝麻线
吐絲自縛 / 吐丝自缚
吃螺絲 / 吃螺丝 (chī luósī)
吊鋼絲 / 吊钢丝
命若懸絲 / 命若悬丝
品竹彈絲 / 品竹弹丝
品竹調絲 / 品竹调丝
咡絲 / 咡丝
哀絲豪竹 / 哀丝豪竹
單絲不線 / 单丝不线
單絲羅 / 单丝罗
嚴絲合縫 / 严丝合缝 (yánsīhéfèng)
垂絲 / 垂丝
天蠶絲 / 天蚕丝
寸絲不挂
寸絲半粟 / 寸丝半粟
彈絲品竹 / 弹丝品竹
急竹繁絲 / 急竹繁丝
慢條絲禮 / 慢条丝礼
懸絲傀儡 / 悬丝傀儡
懸絲診脈 / 悬丝诊脉
打絲線 / 打丝线
抱布貿絲 / 抱布贸丝
拉絲 / 拉丝 (lāsī)
拔絲 / 拔丝 (básī)
抽絲 / 抽丝
抽絲剝繭 / 抽丝剥茧 (chōusībōjiǎn)
接絲鞭 / 接丝鞭
攪絲兒 / 搅丝儿
攻絲 / 攻丝
散絲 / 散丝
料絲燈 / 料丝灯
春菜絲兒 / 春菜丝儿
有絲分裂 / 有丝分裂 (yǒusī fēnliè)
柘絲 / 柘丝
柳絲 / 柳丝
染絲之變 / 染丝之变
氣咽聲絲 / 气咽声丝
氣絲絲 / 气丝丝
氣若游絲 / 气若游丝
氯絲菌素 / 氯丝菌素
水絲 / 水丝
治絲益棼 / 治丝益棼
治絲而棼 / 治丝而棼
泰綺絲 / 泰绮丝
涼絲絲 / 凉丝丝
游絲 / 游丝 (yóusī)
烏絲欄 / 乌丝栏
無絲分裂 / 无丝分裂 (wúsī fēnliè)
無絲有線 / 无丝有线
煩惱絲 / 烦恼丝 (fánnǎosī)
燈絲 / 灯丝 (dēngsī)
牽絲 / 牵丝
牽絲娶婦 / 牵丝娶妇
牽絲戲 / 牵丝戏
牽絲扳藤 / 牵丝扳藤
牽絲攀藤 / 牵丝攀藤
玻璃絲 / 玻璃丝
玻璃絲襪 / 玻璃丝袜 (bōli sīwà)
甜絲絲 / 甜丝丝 (tiánsīsī)
生絲 / 生丝
皁絲麻線 / 皂丝麻线
萬縷千絲 / 万缕千丝
筍絲 / 笋丝 (sǔnsī)
粉絲 / 粉丝 (fěnsī)
紅絲 / 红丝
紅絲待選 / 红丝待选
紅絲暗繫 / 红丝暗系
紅絲硯 / 红丝砚
紅絲繩 / 红丝绳
紋絲不動 / 纹丝不动 (wénsībùdòng)
素絲羔羊 / 素丝羔羊
素絲良馬 / 素丝良马
素絲變 / 素丝变
細絲 / 细丝 (xìsī)
絲來線去 / 丝来线去
絲光棉 / 丝光棉
絲包線 / 丝包线
絲婚 / 丝婚
絲婦 / 丝妇
絲布 / 丝布
絲帶 / 丝带 (sīdài)
絲弦 / 丝弦 (sīxián)
絲恩發怨 / 丝恩发怨
絲恩髮怨 / 丝恩发怨
絲桐 / 丝桐
絲棉 / 丝棉 (sīmián)
絲毫 / 丝毫 (sīháo)
絲毫不差 / 丝毫不差
絲毫不爽 / 丝毫不爽
絲淚 / 丝泪
絲瓜 / 丝瓜 (sīguā)
絲瓜絡 / 丝瓜络 (sīguāluò)
絲竹 / 丝竹 (sīzhú)
絲竹樂 / 丝竹乐
絲竹管絃 / 丝竹管弦
絲篁 / 丝篁
絲米 / 丝米 (sīmǐ)
絲糕 / 丝糕
絲絃 / 丝弦 (sīxián)
絲絲 / 丝丝 (sīsī)
絲絨 / 丝绒 (sīróng)
絞絲 / 绞丝 (jiǎosī)
絡絲 / 络丝 (luòsī)
絲絲入扣 / 丝丝入扣
絞絲底 / 绞丝底 (jiǎosīdǐ)
絲絲拉拉 / 丝丝拉拉
結絲蘿 / 结丝萝
絲絛 / 丝绦
絲綢 / 丝绸 (sīchóu)
絲綸 / 丝纶
絲綢之路 / 丝绸之路 (Sīchóu zhī Lù)
絲線 / 丝线 (sīxiàn)
絲織品 / 丝织品 (sīzhīpǐn)
絲蓴 / 丝莼
絲蘭 / 丝兰 (sīlán)
絲蘿 / 丝萝
絲蟲 / 丝虫 (sīchóng)
絲蟲病 / 丝虫病 (sīchóngbìng)
絲衣 / 丝衣
絲襪 / 丝袜 (sīwà)
絲質 / 丝质 (sīzhì)
絲路 / 丝路 (Sīlù)
絲道 / 丝道
絲錐 / 丝锥
絲雨 / 丝雨
絲鞋淨襪 / 丝鞋净袜
絲鞭 / 丝鞭
絲髮 / 丝发
絲髮之功 / 丝发之功
絲魚 / 丝鱼
絲麻皁線 / 丝麻皂线
緙絲 / 缂丝 (kèsī)
繅絲 / 缫丝 (sāosī)
繁絲急管 / 繁丝急管
繡幙牽絲 / 绣幙牵丝
繭絲 / 茧丝
繭絲牛毛 / 茧丝牛毛
聚酯絲 / 聚酯丝
聲絲氣咽 / 声丝气咽
肥皂絲 / 肥皂丝
胞間連絲 / 胞间连丝 (bāojiānliánsī)
色絲子女 / 色丝子女
花絲 / 花丝 (huāsī)
花絲金藝 / 花丝金艺
菸斗絲 / 烟斗丝
菸絲 / 烟丝 (yānsī)
菟絲 / 菟丝 (tùsī)
菌絲 / 菌丝 (jūnsī)
菟絲子 / 菟丝子 (tùsīzǐ)
菌絲體 / 菌丝体 (jūnsītǐ)
蕾絲 / 蕾丝 (lěisī)
薄縭絲 / 薄缡丝 (po̍h-li-si) (Min Nan)
藕斷絲連 / 藕断丝连 (ǒuduànsīlián)
藕絲 / 藕丝
藕絲兒 / 藕丝儿
蛛絲 / 蛛丝 (zhūsī)
蛛絲 / 蛛丝 (zhūsī)
蛛絲馬跡 / 蛛丝马迹 (zhūsīmǎjì)
蜘蛛絲 / 蜘蛛丝 (zhīzhūsī)
螺絲 / 螺丝 (luósī)
螺絲刀 / 螺丝刀 (luósīdāo)
螺絲崗 / 螺丝岗
螺絲帽 / 螺丝帽 (luósīmào)
螺絲扣 / 螺丝扣
螺絲攻 / 螺丝攻
螺絲模 / 螺丝模
螺絲母 / 螺丝母 (luósīmǔ)
螺絲起子 / 螺丝起子 (luósī qǐzi)
螺絲釘 / 螺丝钉 (luósīdīng)
螺絲髻 / 螺丝髻
蠶絲 / 蚕丝 (cánsī)
血絲 / 血丝 (xuèsī)
調絲品竹 / 调丝品竹
豆絲 / 豆丝
走鋼絲 / 走钢丝 (zǒu gāngsī)
辣絲絲 / 辣丝丝 (làsīsī)
遊絲 / 游丝 (yóusī)
遊絲飛絮 / 游丝飞絮
金石絲竹 / 金石丝竹 (jīnshísīzhú)
金絲桃 / 金丝桃
金絲棗 / 金丝枣
金絲燕 / 金丝燕
金絲猴 / 金丝猴 (jīnsīhóu)
金絲邊 / 金丝边
金絲雀 / 金丝雀 (jīnsīquè)
釣絲 / 钓丝 (diàosī)
鉛絲 / 铅丝
銀絲 / 银丝
銀絲卷 / 银丝卷 (yínsījuǎn)
銀絲捲 / 银丝卷 (yínsījuǎn)
鋼絲 / 钢丝 (gāngsī)
鋼絲刷 / 钢丝刷
鋼絲鋸 / 钢丝锯
鎢絲 / 钨丝 (wūsī)
鎢絲燈 / 钨丝灯
鐵絲 / 铁丝 (tiěsī)
鐵絲網 / 铁丝网 (tiěsīwǎng)
雨絲 / 雨丝 (yǔsī)
青竹絲 / 青竹丝
青絲 / 青丝 (qīngsī)
順絲順綹 / 顺丝顺绺
頭水絲 / 头水丝
髮絲 / 发丝 (fàsī)
鬢如銀絲 / 鬓如银丝
鬢成絲 / 鬓成丝
鬢絲 / 鬓丝
鱔絲 / 鳝丝 (shànsī)
黃絲 / 黄丝 (huángsī)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Σήρ (Sḗr, “Chinese; silkworm”)
- → Latin: Sēres
  - English: Seres
  - Portuguese: Seres
  - Spanish: Seres
(see sēricus for descendants of this)
→ Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܫܺܐܪܳܐ (šērā), ܫܺܐܪܳܝܳܐ (šērāyā), ܫܻܝܪܳܝܳܐ (šērāyā, “silk; silk garment”)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שִׁירָאָה (šērāʾā), שִּׁירָא (šērā, “silk; silk garment”)
- Mandaic: ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (/⁠šērāyā⁠/)
- → Arabic: سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ, “a kind of silk garment”)
- → Ge'ez: ሢራይ, ሥራይ, ሤራይ (śiray, śəray, śeray, “silk; silk garment”)
→? Old Korean: 糸利 (*SIli, “thread”)
- Middle Korean: 실〯 (sǐl, “id.”)
  - Korean: 실 (sil, “id.”)
→ Vietnamese: tơ

References

“絲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Shinjitai	糸
Kyūjitai	絲

Kanji

絲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 糸)

Kyūjitai form of 糸: thread

Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: いと (ito, 絲)

Compounds

語絲(ごし) (Goshi)
青(チン)椒(ジャオ)肉(ロウ)絲(スー) (chinjao rōsū)
拌(バン)三(サン)絲(スー) (bansansū)

Etymology 1

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絲
いと Hyōgai
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【糸】1	[kanji] first grade kanji Kanji reading: し, いと

(This term, 絲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

絲(いと) • (Ito)

a female given name
a surname

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Hanja

絲 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

(명주): silk
(실): thread

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ito.

Noun

絲 (ito₁ or ito₂)

thread
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 516:
  吾以在三相二搓流絲用而附手益物今曽悔寸
  WA GA MOTERU MI₁TU API₁ ni YO₂RERU ITO MOTITE TUKE₂temasi MONO₂ IMA so₂ KUYASIki₁
  I am holding [it]! Three things spinning each other! If I put on that threads that, I'm holding right now, then I'll be regretting it!

Reconstruction notes

This word is only attested phonographically in two sources: a sakimori uta (Eastern Old Japanese) poem in the Man'yōshū as 伊刀, and in the Kakyō Hyōshiki as 伊止.^[1]

The Records of the Three Kingdoms record a placename ito₁ (伊都), and the Nihon Shoki also records ito₁ (伊覩), which has been connected to Modern Japanese 糸島 (Itoshima) in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Bentley (2008, 15) connects this placename to this word.

Derived terms

絲鹿乃山 (Itoka-no₂-YAMA)

Descendants

Japanese: 糸 (ito)

References

[1]
Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 85

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Chữ Hán

絲: Hán Nôm readings: tơ, tưa, ty, ti

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[JDB-1] [1]
Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 85

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Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10^-1	分 (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10^-2	厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10^-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10^-4	絲 / 丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
10^-4	秒 (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10^-5	忽 (hū)	Rarely used today.
10^-6	微 (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10^-7	纖 / 纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10^-8	沙 (shā)	Obsolete.
10^-9	塵 / 尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10^-10	埃 (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10^-10 m).
10^-11	渺 (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10^-12	漠 (mò)	Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10^-1	分 (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10^-2	厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10^-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10^-4	絲 / 丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
10^-4	秒 (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10^-5	忽 (hū)	Rarely used today.
10^-6	微 (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10^-7	纖 / 纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10^-8	沙 (shā)	Obsolete.
10^-9	塵 / 尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10^-10	埃 (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10^-10 m).
10^-11	渺 (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10^-12	漠 (mò)	Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.