Chinese Character 紙 Meanings and components.

Form

紙

Meaning

紙 meaning[3] in English

Paper.

Cl:張|张[Zhang1],沓[Da2].

Classifier For Documents, Letter Etc.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 紙 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and clan name (氏)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFHVP

How to write 紙

To write紙zhi3paper you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 氏shi4clan name arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 氏 = 紙

紙 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 紙 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 紙, looks as follow:

紙
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Paper . Cl:張|张[Zhang1],沓[Da2] . Classifier For Documents, Letter Etc
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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