纺 (fǎng): to spin (cotton or hemp etc), fine woven silk fabric
纺 (fǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to spin (cotton or hemp etc).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 方 (phonetic). It ranks #2332 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 纺 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to spin (cotton or hemp etc)
- fine woven silk fabric
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纺织 | fǎng zhī | spinning and weaving |
| 纺织品 | fǎng zhī pǐn | textile |
| 纺织厂 | fǎng zhī chǎng | textile factory |
| 混纺 | hùn fǎng | mixed fabric |
| 纺锤 | fǎng chuí | spindle |
| 纺纱 | fǎng shā | to spin (cotton, wool etc) |
| 纺织娘 | fǎng zhī niáng | katydid |
| 纺车 | fǎng chē | spinning wheel |
| 纺织工业 | fǎng zhī gōng yè | textile industry |
| 纺织物 | fǎng zhī wù | textile material |
| 纺丝 | fǎng sī | to spin synthetic fiber |
| 纺轮 | fǎng lún | spinning wheel |
| 雪纺 | xuě fǎng | (loanword) chiffon |
纺 appears in 13 compound words: 85 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 纺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
纺字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
fǎng zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "纺" has different usages in different contexts.
盘中速报 - 纺织纤维类股表现疲软,跌幅2.19%,总成...
pán zhōng sù bào fǎng zhī qiàn wéi lèi gǔ biǎo xiàn pí ruǎn , diē fú 2 . 1 9 , zǒng chéng . . .
Intraday Update - Textile and fiber stocks are underperforming, down 2.19%, with the sector...
档案莳光》孤女的愿望?台湾制造MIT:纺织业生产与成衣的诞生
dàng àn 莳 guāng gū nǚ de yuàn wàng ? tái wān zhì zào M I T : fǎng zhī yè shēng chǎn yǔ chéng yī de dàn shēng
"Archives in the Spotlight": An Orphan Girl's Dream? Made in Taiwan (MIT): The Birth of Textile Production and Ready-to-Wear Apparel
柬埔寨发展委员会(CDC)与柬埔寨纺织、服装、鞋类及旅行用品协会(TAFTA...
jiǎn 埔 zhài fā zhǎn wěi yuán huì ( C D C ) yǔ jiǎn 埔 zhài fǎng zhī , fú zhuāng , xié lèi jí lǚ háng yòng pǐn xié huì ( T A F T A . . .
The Cambodian Development Council (CDC) and the Textile, Apparel, Footwear, and Travel Goods Association of Cambodia (TAFTA)...
玻纤布龙头日东纺飙涨15% 富乔、南亚等股价刷波段新高 ...
bō qiàn bù lóng tóu rì dōng fǎng biāo zhǎng 1 5 fù qiáo , nán yà děng gǔ jià shuā bō duàn xīn gāo . . .
Fiberglass cloth leader Nitto Spinning soared 15%, Fuqiao, Nanya and other stock prices hit new highs...
LABRUM 2026 秋冬:纺织踏上国际旅程
L A B R U M 2 0 2 6 qiū dōng : fǎng zhī tà shàng guó jì lǚ chéng
LABRUM Fall/Winter 2026: Textiles embark on an international journey
苏格兰以其羊毛纺织品而著名。
Sūgélán yǐ qí yángmáo fǎngzhīpǐn ér zhùmíng.
Scotland is famous for its woollen textiles.
他们主要输出的产品是纺织品，尤其以丝绸和绵为主。
Tāmen zhǔyào shūchū de chǎnpǐn shì fǎngzhīpǐn, yóuqí yǐ sīchóu hé mián wéizhǔ.
Their main exports are textiles, especially silk and cotton.
Character Family
纟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the silk radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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