纸
paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #531 U+7EB8
How 纸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 氏 (phonetic, shì)
How to remember it
paper · Heisig RSH #1372
thread + 氏 family name
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 氏
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 氏 (shì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氏 sound component | shì | clan, family; maiden name |
| 舐 | shì | to lick, to lap up |
| 哌 | pài | used in transliterations |
| 祇 | qí | only, just, simply; one of a pair; an earth god |
| 芪 | qí | celery |
| 衹 | qí | only, merely, just |
Words containing 纸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一纸空文 | yī zhǐ kōng wén | a worthless piece of paper (idiom) |
| 纸马儿 | zhǐ mǎ r | erhua variant of 紙馬|纸马[zhi3 ma3] |
| 无纸化 | wú zhǐ huà | paperless |
| 白纸黑字 | bái zhǐ hēi zì | (written) in black and white |
| 纸黄金 | zhǐ huáng jīn | gold contract; special drawing right (SDR); paper gold (finance) |
| 电纸书 | diàn zhǐ shū | electronic book reader |
| 白报纸 | bái bào zhǐ | newsprint |
| 放大纸 | fàng dà zhǐ | enlarging paper (photography); bromide paper |
| 无纸化办公 | wú zhǐ huà bàn gōng | paperless office |
| 纸人 | zhǐ rén | human figure made of paper or papier-mâché |
| 方格纸 | fāng gé zhǐ | squared paper; graph paper; grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characte… |
| 纸人纸马 | zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ | paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 纸马 | zhǐ mǎ | paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 纸片人 | zhǐ piàn rén | extremely thin person; (ACG) 2D character (from anime, manga etc) |
| 金纸 | jīn zhǐ | joss paper |
| 卫生用纸 | wèi shēng yòng zhǐ | toilet paper |
| 纸花 | zhǐ huā | paper flower |
| 手纸 | shǒu zhǐ | toilet paper |
| 面纸 | miàn zhǐ | facial tissue; kleenex |
| 纸包不住火 | zhǐ bāo bu zhù huǒ | the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever |