纸

帋
zhǐ
#1,018 most
frequent character
paper
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

纸 puts 纟, silk, with 氏 shì, which provides the sound. It first meant the scraps of silk left behind on a bleaching machine. Those scraps were used for writing, and the word then shifted to paper.

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Example Sentences

我需要一些纸。
wǒ xūyào yīxiē zhǐ 。
I need some paper.
这张纸很大。
zhè zhāng zhǐ hěndà 。
This piece of paper is very big.
请把纸递给我。
qǐng bǎ zhǐ dì gěi wǒ 。
Please pass me the paper.

Same Characters, Different Readings

纸zhǐ
paper

Words with similar meanings

文件wénjiàn
document
More specific to formal papers, used predominantly in office or legal contexts.
纸张zhǐzhāng
sheet of paper
Refers specifically to a sheet or a piece of paper as opposed to the general term for paper.

Homophones

HSK 4
指zhǐ
finger, to point at or to
纸zhǐ
paper
止zhǐ
stop, only, just, till, to
旨zhǐ
imperial decree, purport, aim

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