Hana no Nihongo

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Let’s learn Japanese kanji 糸 !

この漢字は『糸』でございます!

糸 - いと thread, yarn 🧵

毛糸 - けいと wool, worsted yarn 🧶

絹糸- けんし a silk thread

刺繍糸 - ししゅういと an embroidery floss

※ 蚕 - かいこ a silk worm

P.S. Did you know that 糸 is one of the important radicals (base elements) of kanji? 🤗

「蜘蛛の絲」- くものいと The Spider's Thread, a famous short story about Buddha’s compassion by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke 芥川 龍之介 (don’t know it? you can read it in English or Japanese here)

Watch the 1946 animation version the story, directed by Noburō Ōfuji:

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