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paper

HSK 10 N3
zhǐ
かみ
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
Phonetic component
shì family name
clan, family
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zhǐ]
paper; CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]; classifier for documents, letter etc
Japanese
かみ 同音
noun paper
同音
  1. suffix abbrev. newspaper
  2. suffix paper
  3. counter counter for newspapers
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
かみ
Kami female given namesurname
かみさき
Kamisaki surname
かみざき
Kamizaki surname