緇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 缁

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zī
Cantonese: zi1
JapaneseKun: KURO
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: CHI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: black silk

CE-Dict: Buddhists/black silk/dark

Soothill: Black garments; at one time black was used for monastic robes.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.black
2.black silk

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: black

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: black

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》緇帛黑色。从糸甾聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】緇
【廣韻】側持切【集韻】莊持切，𠀤音菑。【說文】帛黑色。【博雅】緇謂之皁。【釋名】緇，滓也。泥緇黑色者曰滓，此色然也。【詩·鄭風】緇衣之宜兮。【傳】緇，黑色。【周禮·冬官考工記·鍾氏】七入爲緇。【註】緅又復再染以黑，乃成緇矣。　又【正韻】旨而切，音枝。義同。　又【集韻】側几切，音𣐈。【韻會】壯仕切，音滓。【前漢·班固敘傳】涅而不緇。【註】師古曰：合韻音上聲。　又【集韻】側吏切，音胾義同。

CF-Dict: noir