紙 — ji

Parts that make up 紙

How 紙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 紙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 氏.

Korean example words with 紙

• 지가紙價 Korean gloss: 종이의 값
• 타지他紙 Korean gloss: 다른 신문
• 지상紙上 Korean gloss: 신문의 지면
• 지질紙質 Korean gloss: 종이의 품질
• 지화紙花 Korean gloss: 종이로 만든 꽃
• 폐지廢紙 Korean gloss: 쓰고 버린 종이
• 벽지壁紙 Korean gloss: 벽에 바르는 종이
• 유지油紙 Korean gloss: 기름을 먹인 종이
• 용지用紙 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 쓰는 종이
• 외지外紙 Korean gloss: 외국에서 발행하는 신문
• 지배紙背 Korean gloss: 문장의 내면에 포함된 뜻
• 지등紙燈 Korean gloss: 겉을 종이로 발라 만든 등

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 紙

• 紙かみ paper
• 手紙てがみ letter; note
• 用紙ようし blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
• 紙面しめん space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter
• 白紙はくし white paper; flyleaf; blank paper
• 機関紙きかんし bulletin; (party) organ
• 本紙ほんし main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper
• 紙幣しへい paper money; note; bill
• 表紙ひょうし cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
• 原稿用紙げんこうようし Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
• 和紙わし washi; Japanese paper
• 新聞紙しんぶんし newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

Characters sharing the phonetic 氏

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “지”

Other hanja with radical 糸