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Kanji Detail for 紙 - "paper, newspaper"

紙

  • Meaning

    紙 means "paper, newspaper." Also associated with document.

    1. Paper - Material for writing; a document.

    2. Newspaper - A publication; printed media.

  • Words using 紙

    • 手紙 てがみ Listen letter; note
    • 用紙 ようし Listen blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
    • 白紙 はくし Listen white paper; flyleaf; blank paper
    • 紙面 しめん Listen space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter
    • 機関紙 きかんし Listen bulletin; (party) organ
    • 本紙 ほんし Listen main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper
    • 紙幣 しへい Listen paper money; note; bill
    • 表紙 ひょうし Listen cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding

  • Four-character idioms with 紙

    • 一紙半銭 いっしはんせん Listen small sum; things of little value
    • 白紙委任 はくしいにん Listen carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque
    • 眼光紙背 がんこうしはい Listen reading between the lines

  • Tattoo check: 紙

    • Verified meaning: paper, newspaper
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かみ, かみさき, かみざき)
    • Also carries these associations: document

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 紙

    Given names 紙(かみ)Listen

    Surnames 紙(かみさき)Listen 紙(かみざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    paper

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    paper

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    paper

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A man-made product. Used for writing, painting, printing, wrapping, and such. Tradition says Cai Lun of Later Han first used rags and fish nets to make it. All flexible plant fibers can be used as raw material. In China, production areas are mostly in Jiangxi and Fujian. With Anhui's Xuan paper being most famous.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kami(かみ) かみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    paper newspaper document stationery cardboard envelope letter manuscript notebook origami parchment printing scroll tissue wrapping writing

Sentences including 紙

  • You need not answer the letter.

  • Mr smith had his letter typed.

  • He didn't reply to my letter.

  • He never fails to write home once a month.

  • Are you going to write to your father?

  • Bill wrote the letter.

  • He read the letter slowly.

  • The letter will arrive tomorrow.

  • Was this letter written by ken?

  • Are there any letters for me?

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