Onyomi: シ · Kunyomi: かみ · Meanings: paper
Kanji for paper
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The kanji 紙 combines the “thread” radical (糸) with the character for “branch” or “document” (氏), symbolizing something made from fibers. In ancient times, it represented paper made by weaving plant fibers together. 紙 came to mean paper, writing materials, and the medium for communication and recording knowledge.
Threads woven into sheets — 紙 means paper, the material used for writing, drawing, and recording.
Imagine fibers being pressed into flat sheets — that’s 紙, the kanji for paper and written communication.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 紙 | かみ | paper | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 紙 | し | newspaper | Suffix |
| 紙幣 | しへい | paper money, note, bill | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 紙くず | かみくず | wastepaper, scrap of paper, paper scraps | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 凧 | たこ | kite | common Noun |
| 紙面 | しめん | space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper) | common Noun |
| 紙袋 | かみぶくろ | paper bag | common Noun |
| 紙切れ | かみきれ | piece of paper, slip of paper, strip of paper, scrap of paper | Noun |
| 紙飛行機 | かみひこうき | paper plane, paper airplane, paper aeroplane | Noun |
| 紙一重 | かみひとえ | paper-thin (difference), razor-thin, very slight | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |