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紙

紙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かみ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「氏」。「かみ」を意味する漢語｛紙｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

paper

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Kun (native)
  • かみElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi3
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChỉ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+7D19

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸氏

Words using this kanji

  • 紙かみ（かみ）植物などの繊維をくっつけ合わせ、薄く平（たいら）にしたもの。 （シ）名詞のにつけて、「～の新聞」を。 （シ）数詞のにつけて、「～種類の新聞」を。paper
  • 紙面しめん紙の表面。 新聞や雑誌の記事を載せる面。 （古風）手紙などの文書。書面。space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper), surface of paper, letter, writings
  • 紙幣しへい（しへい）紙製の貨幣。 （しへい、しべい）紙製の花。paper money, note, bill
  • 紙袋かみぶくろpaper bag
  • 紙上しじょう紙面の上。特に新聞の紙面上。 紙に書いた文字。on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
  • 紙芝居かみしばいkamishibai, storytelling with pictures
  • 紙くずかみくずwastepaper, scrap of paper, paper scraps
  • 紙切れかみきれpiece of paper, slip of paper, strip of paper, scrap of paper
  • 紙一重かみひとえ「かみひとえ」を参照。paper-thin (difference), razor-thin, very slight
  • 紙片しへん紙切れ。piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
  • 紙質ししつ紙の品質・性質。paper quality
  • 紙吹雪かみふぶきconfetti, ticker tape
  • 紙し（かみ）植物などの繊維をくっつけ合わせ、薄く平（たいら）にしたもの。 （シ）名詞のにつけて、「～の新聞」を。 （シ）数詞のにつけて、「～種類の新聞」を。newspaper, paper, counter for newspapers
  • 紙型かみがた(paper) stencil, stereotype, papier-mâché mold (mould)
  • 紙幅しふくpaper width, allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine), assigned space, binding for calligraphy and paintings
  • 紙礫かみつぶてpaper pellet, spitball
  • 紙魚しみtrue bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae), Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa), someone who is unable to apply what they have read
  • 紙鋏かみばさみscissors for cutting paper
  • 紙子かみこpaper garment
  • 紙花かみばな葬儀で使用する紙で出来た造花。paper flower, decorative paper flower for a funeral, piece of paper given as a tip in a red-light district (that can later be exchanged for money)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
2294.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a4.4
Heisig
1971
Nelson
3510