The kanji 紙: meaning, readings and stroke order

紙

Meaning: paper
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: かみ kami
Strokes: 10
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giấy (chỉ)
Japanese: かみ。
Korean: 종이 (지)
Chinese: 纸

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

用よう紙し
sheet of paper, form
白い 用よう紙しに名前を書きます。
I write my name on the white sheet.

かみ kami · kun reading

紙かみ
paper
紙かみを半分に切ります。
I cut the paper in half.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.