糸 Radical 120 — silk; thread
mì (fourth tone, falling)
silk; thread
Radical 1206 strokes1 characters
Also written 纟 · 糹 — the same radical in a different position inside the character.
Where the shape comes from
A skein of silk: two twisted loops of thread above and the loose ends hanging below. On the left of a simplified character it is written 纟 and marks thread, cloth, colour dyed into cloth, and by extension anything that binds or connects: 给, 红, 绿, 纸, 经.