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紙 — 10 strokes / Radical「糸」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 10 strokes / Radical「糸」
On
シし · shi
Kun
かみkami
Meaning
paper

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Made by laying out fibers (糸) → paper; 氏 gives the sound.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi紙面しめん用紙ようし新聞紙しんぶんし
Kunかみkami紙かみ紙くずかみくず厚紙あつがみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 手紙てがみ

    letter

  • 用紙ようし

    sheet, form

More words with this kanji

  • 色紙いろがみ
  • 折り紙おりがみ
  • 紙袋かみぶくろ
  • 紙幣しへい
  • 貼り紙はりがみ
  • 紙屑かみくず

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

紙(かみ)に 名前(なまえ)を かきます。

I write my name on the paper.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

手紙用紙紙手hand用to use細thin組group絵pictur…線line糸thread止to sto…矢arrow市city自self姉older…
CompoundRadicalReading

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