纸

紙
zhǐ
#1,018 most
frequent character
paper
noun
Measure words:张 zhāng,沓 dá

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

我需要一张纸来写信。
wǒ xūyào yīzhāng zhǐ lái xiěxìn 。
I need a piece of paper to write a letter.
这本书的纸质量很好。
zhè běn shū de zhǐ zhìliàng hěnhǎo 。
The paper quality of this book is very good.
老师给我们发了很多纸。
lǎoshī gěi wǒmen fā le hěnduō zhǐ 。
The teacher gave us a lot of paper.

Same Characters, Different Readings

纸zhǐ
paper

Homophones

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

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