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刻丝

kè sī

2-character word Traditional 刻絲

What 刻丝 means

1. variant of {缂丝|kè sī}

The characters in 刻丝

• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…

Sounds the same

Read kè sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缂丝kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kè sī correctly.
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