纟
jiǎo sī páng
Red, knots and practice all unwind from one skein of thread
The picture A wound skein of thread with one thin end unwinding out of it.
Where the picture shows up in 纟
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a single strand
针和线在抽屉里。
zhēn hé xiàn zài chōuti lǐ
The needle and thread are in the drawer.
One thin strand unwinding off a spool
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thread taking dye
她今天穿了一件红衣服。
tā jīntiān chuān le yí jiàn hóng yīfu
She's wearing a red dress today.
A white skein dipped in a dye bath and drinking the colour in
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two ends pulled tight
袋子口打个结就行了。
dàizi kǒu dǎ gè jié jiù xíng le
Just tie a knot in the top of the bag and it's fine.
Two ends of thread crossed and drawn tight into a knot
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thread crossed into cloth
奶奶在织毛衣。
nǎinai zài zhī máoyī
Grandma is knitting a sweater.
Thread going round the needle, crossing back and forth until it becomes fabric
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wound on like thread, day after day
我每天练一个小时。
wǒ měitiān liàn yí gè xiǎoshí
I practise an hour every day.
The same motion wound on each day the way thread is wound onto a spool
All of it in one picture
纟 is one wound skein of thread. Let the end unwind and it is thread; dip it in dye and it is a colour. Pull two ends tight and it is a knot; cross it back and forth and it is cloth. Wind the same motion on day after day and it is practice.