xiān

fine

delicate; minute

silk thread (纟) + sound xiān (千) = fine and delicate

The silk radical evokes thread and fiber — things that are slender and delicate by nature. 千 contributes the sound xiān rather than its meaning of 'thousand.'

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ThousandPhonetic
Silk threadSemantic

她的手指非常细,很好看。

tā de shǒu zhǐ fēi cháng xiān xì, hěn hǎo kàn。

Her fingers are extremely slender and delicate, very nice to look at.

这块布料的维很细,摸起来很柔软。

zhè kuài bù liào de xiān wéi hěn xì, mō qǐ lái hěn róu ruǎn。

The fibers of this piece of fabric are very fine, and it feels very soft to the touch.

Words with 纤

纤柔

xiān róu

delicate

醋酸纤维

cù suān xiān wéi

cellulose acetate (used for film and fiber)

高纤维

gāo xiān wéi

high fiber

中密度纤维板

zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎn

medium-density fiberboard (MDF)

中间纤维

zhōng jiān xiān wéi

intermediate filament

人造纤维

rén zào xiān wéi

man-made fiber

光导纤维

guāng dǎo xiān wéi

optical fiber

光纤

guāng xiān

optical fiber

光纤分布数据接口

guāng xiān fēn bù shù jù jiē kǒu

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

光纤分布式数据接口

guāng xiān fēn bù shì shù jù jiē kǒu

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

光纤分散式资料介面

guāng xiān fēn sàn shì zī liào jiè miàn

(Tw) Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

光纤接口

guāng xiān jiē kǒu

optical interface

More characters with 纟

绿