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纸 zhǐ paper

How to remember 纸: 纟 thread + 氏 clan = paper. Grandma pulls thread through the pages of the family book and writes the names of the whole clan on the thick handmade paper.

  • 1,020. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 糸

Component breakdown

纸 = 纟 thread + 氏 clan

  • 纟 thread
  • 氏 clan
The Gushi story

Grandma pulls thread through the pages of the family book and writes the names of the whole clan on the thick handmade paper.

How it is used

  • Paper - measure word 张 (yì zhāng zhǐ) a sheet of paper.
  • 报纸 (bàozhǐ) newspaper, 纸巾 (zhǐjīn) tissue/paper towel, 纸币 (zhǐbì) paper money/banknotes.
  • 纸上谈兵 (zhǐshàng-tánbīng) = armchair strategy, all talk on paper with no real action - a common idiom.
  • Distinguish 纸 (the material) from 页 (yè, a page/leaf of a book).

Words with 纸

Example sentences

  • 他在看报纸的最新消息。 Tā zài kàn bàozhǐ de zuìxīn xiāoxi.He's reading the latest news in the paper.
  • 我们在报纸上登了广告。 Wǒmen zài bàozhǐ shang dēngle guǎnggào.We placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
  • 她在报纸发表了一篇文章。 Tā zài bàozhǐ fābiǎole yì piān wénzhāng.He published an article in the newspaper.
  • 他在报纸发表了一篇文章。 Tā zài bàozhǐ fābiǎole yì piān wénzhāng.He published an article in the newspaper.