Silk in Chinese (Mandarin): 丝绸 (sīchóu)
丝绸
sīchóu
silk
- Simplified
- 丝绸
- Traditional
- 絲綢
- Pinyin
- sīchóu
- Typed as
- sichou
Use it in a sentence
丝绸又软又滑。
絲綢又軟又滑。
Silk is soft and smooth.
The characters in 丝绸
丝 / 絲
Silk thread.
5 strokes
绸 / 綢
Silk cloth. 纟 (silk) is on the left.
11 strokes
Silk comes from silkworms, 蚕 (cán). The Silk Road, 丝绸之路 (Sīchóu zhī Lù), carried it from China to Europe.
More examples with 丝绸
这条围巾是丝绸的。
這條圍巾是絲綢的。
Zhè tiáo wéijīn shì sīchóu de.
This scarf is made of silk.
丝绸摸起来很滑。
絲綢摸起來很滑。
Sīchóu mō qǐlai hěn huá.
Silk feels smooth.
How to write 丝绸 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
丝 5 strokes
绸 11 strokes
In Traditional characters:
絲 12 strokes
綢 14 strokes
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