细

xì = xi + Ø4

thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal

细 = 田 + 纟 : Marie Curie inspects her farm in the space station's bathroom. She set up a field where innocent silk worms have to die only for the production of fine and slender silk threads.

细 character breakdown

细
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗
- 纟

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

si̅ = s + Ø1

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 细 as component

细 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 细

details / particulars

delicate / fine / careful / meticulous / painstaking

brain cell

nerve cell / neuron

nucleus (of cell)

meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)

thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work

tender

fine and soft / valuables

Sentences with 细

kě

xi̅

tài

cu̅

le

yi̅

diǎn

xì

yi̅

diǎn

jiù

hǎo

le

Too bad it's too thick. If only it could be thinner...