纸 (zhǐ) — paper
Definition
noun
paper
Measure word · 张, 沓
Examples
- 纸。Wǒ xū yào yì zhāng zhǐ.I need a piece of paper.
- 纸。Nà zhāng zhǐ hěn bái.That piece of paper is very white.
- 纸。Tā mǎi le liǎng zhāng zhǐ.He bought two sheets of paper.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).
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