# 繊 — Fiber

Frequency rank 1559 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 荘 (Villa), less common than 啓 (Enlighten).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level XII of XX

Thread on the left tangles with a spear stuck in a drunkard on the right — the thinnest fiber of thread wraps around the spear that the drunkard dropped.

In words:

- 繊維 せんい — fibre;fiber;textile
- 化繊 かせん — synthetic fibres

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