Question

細 ほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい 細胞(さいぼう): cell (biology)細かい(こまかい): (1) small (2) fine; minute (3) minor; trivial (4) sensitive; attentive詳細(しょうさい): detail; particulars細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ細工(さいく): work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick細い(ほそい): (1) thin; slender; fine (2) unlucky (billiards slang)心細い(こころぼそい): helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening亜細亜(アジア): (1) Asia (esp. "the Far East") (2) Asian; Asiatic細やか(こまやか): friendly; heartfelt; tender 2 糸: thread田: rice field; rice paddy 糸 6 (none) dainty Spider-Man used to just be a dainty, brainy nerd.

Accepted Answer

サイ dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow 2 537 11 120 いと・いとへん 形声 Phonetic Dainty women would always rather work with thread than in a field.

Kanji	細
Onyomi	サイ
Kunyomi	ほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい
English	dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
Examples	細胞(さいぼう): cell (biology) 細かい(こまかい): (1) small (2) fine; minute (3) minor; trivial (4) sensitive; attentive 詳細(しょうさい): detail; particulars 細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ 細工(さいく): work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick 細い(ほそい): (1) thin; slender; fine (2) unlucky (billiards slang) 心細い(こころぼそい): helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening 亜細亜(アジア): (1) Asia (esp. "the Far East") (2) Asian; Asiatic 細やか(こまやか): friendly; heartfelt; tender
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	537
Components	糸: thread 田: rice field; rice paddy
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	糸
Radical Number	120
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	いと・いとへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	dainty
Koohii Story 1	Dainty women would always rather work with thread than in a field.
Koohii Story 2	Spider-Man used to just be a dainty, brainy nerd.

Dainty Thread Rice 細 サイ ほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい Thin Taper

Dainty Thread Rice 細サイほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい Thin Taper