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紙

paper
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingかみ
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

手紙紙屑紙幣

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · family name

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1971

Compound words

手紙てがみ
letter; note
紙幣しへい
paper money; note; bill
紙屑かみくず
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
印紙いんし
(revenue) stamp
銀紙ぎんがみ
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver paper; silver-colored paper
厚紙あつがみ
cardboard; thick paper
紙袋かみぶくろ
paper bag
紙面しめん
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings; document
色紙しきし
square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.
白紙はくし
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.
表紙ひょうし
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
壁紙かべがみ
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
本紙ほんし
main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper; our paper
用紙ようし
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
和紙わし
washi; Japanese paper
鼻紙はながみ
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
製紙せいし
papermaking; paper manufacture
紙上しじょう
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
古紙こし
used paper; paper for recycling
画用紙がようし
drawing paper
紙芝居かみしばい
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
新聞紙しんぶんし
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
張り紙はりがみ
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label; notice
日本紙にほんし
Japanese paper; washi

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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