絹糸

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
絹絲 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぬいと [kìnúító] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝito̞]

Noun

絹(きぬ)糸(いと) • (kinuito) 

1. 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

Alternative spellings
絹絲 (kyūjitai) 繭糸

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) け​んし [kéꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

絹(けん)糸(し) • (kenshi) 

1. silk thread

Derived terms

• 擬絹糸(ぎけんし) (gikenshi)
• 絹糸腺(けんしせん) (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”)
• 人造絹糸(じんぞうけんし) (jinzō kenshi, “rayon”)
• 紡績絹糸(ぼうせきけんし) (bōseki kenshi, “spun silk”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN